cr#1295> re: politics of censorship

1996-01-08

Richard Moore

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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996
Sender: "Steve Eppley" <•••@••.•••>
Subject: Newt on net-citizenship (was Re: cr#1287> views re: politics of

Newt spoke:
>[snip] With citizenship comes responsibility.  Therefore, some
>industry involvement in developing and enforcing its own rules and
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>policies on Internet content makes more sense to me than waiting for
>Congress to do it. Without some self-regulation by the virtual
>community, [snip]

Looks like Newter equates "citizens of the net" with "telecom
corporations", omitting us users.

---Steve     (Steve Eppley    •••@••.•••)

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