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Center for Democracy and Technology
Here's what I got back from the Center for Democracy and Technology on the
child porn site blocking issue. A quick look at their site makes me think
they have ties to the communications industry. I had a quickie look at the
document he's referencing (I wish I had more time to do this) and it looks
to me like they're complaining about the way ISPs handle sites on their
servers. They group the site numbers and can't block just one, but have to
block a whole groups. Any ISP experts here? George? Is there a way around
this, or are the ISPs only bellyaching because they don't want to a) lose
the $$ and b) change the way they do things?
keets
Thanks very much for your comments. We entirely agree that any ISP that is
knowingly hosting child pornography is violating the law and should be
prosecuted. CDT has long called for the vigorous enforcement of existing
child pornography laws.
The Pa. law, however, does not go after the creators or hosts of any
illegal content. Our main concern in the Pennsylvania context is that, in
light of how the Internet operates, wholly innocent web sites are being
blocked with no notice or judicial process.
You might be interested in the full report that we issued -- you can find
it at http://www.cdt.org/speech/030200pennreport.pdf. Our web site has
other information (including the text of the Pennsylvania law) at
http://www.cdt.org/speech/ . Thanks again for your input.
John Morris
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