1995-11-06 Sender: •••@••.••• (Clint Kraft) Subject: Re: (ALERT) Religious Right threatens to shutdown net; call now [cr-95/11/06] >Implore them NOT(my emphasis) to allow parents to make choices for their >children… I think you meant, Implore them to allow parents to make choices for their children, instead of government censors. Now we agree. clint(called dad by … Read more…

1995-11-06 Sender: “Shabbir J. Safdar” <•••@••.•••> ======================================================================== CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE EXON/COATS COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT (SEE THE LIST OF CAMPAIGN COALITION MEMBERS AT THE END) Update: -Latest News: The Christian Coalition is pushing Congress to censor the net more heavily than even Sen. J.J. Exon ever imagined. There is the very real possibility that they … Read more…

1995-11-04 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Mark Stahlman opined: [snip] >The inevitable result of hyper-democracy would be manipulation of >opinions by skilled opinion shapers to support their particular >collective judgements. [snip] Is this from the same Mark Stahlman who wrote: ——————– 8/18/95 >The essential character of New Media is anti-propaganda. Contrast the TIME >approach to to … Read more…

1995-11-04 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> >CYBER-LIBERTIES ALERT November 2, 1995 >SIGN THE LETTER BELOW TO OPPOSE FEDERAL ONLINE INDECENCY LEGISLATION! [snip] I’d prefer the telecomm deform bill be killed entirely, not massaged so it is somewhat less terrible. So maybe the bill should keep the odious censorship amendment, in order to bring on a veto… … Read more…

1995-11-04 Pointers from moderator: Debate about the medical records bill, now in the U.S. Senate, is heating up. Supporters say that centralization of records will facilitate medical research and make things easier for everybody. They also say that the bill puts some rules for protecting privacy in place, whereas now there are hardly any such … Read more…

1995-11-03 Sender: •••@••.••• (Ann Beeson) CYBER-LIBERTIES ALERT November 2, 1995 from: American Civil Liberties Union People for the American Way ORGANIZATIONS NEEDED TO SUPPORT FREE SPEECH IN CYBERSPACE SIGN THE LETTER BELOW TO OPPOSE FEDERAL ONLINE INDECENCY LEGISLATION! A conference committee of House and Senate members is now meeting to determine the future of free … Read more…

1995-11-03 Sender: Mark Stahlman (via RadioMail) <•••@••.•••> There are two types of people who are beating the drum for hyper-democracy nowadays: very well connected scoundrels and very unconnected street organizers with unknown moral character. Larry Grossman (ex-head of NBC News and of PBS), Alvin Toffler (guru to Gore and Gingrich), Jim Lehrer (PBS newsguy), John … Read more…

1995-11-02 Sender: •••@••.••• In a message dated 95-10-30 15:48:13 EST, you write: >•••@••.••• writes: >>Can anyone help me find an ISP in America that ISN’T a total sellout? Thank you, every one of you who sent me leads on finding an ISP. I unfortunatly have to remain with AOL for at least another few months, … Read more…

1995-11-02 Sender: •••@••.••• > Will this be freeware? If not, I hope that someone has the good will > to make one which is. > > Similar technology could be used to rate usenet and email list messages, > perhaps. This is of the mobware apps we’re going to need for online > democracy. It … Read more…

1995-11-01 —————————————————————– TAP-INFO – An Internet newsletter available from •••@••.••• —————————————————————– TAXPAYER ASSETS PROJECT – INFORMATION POLICY NOTE November 1, 1995 – Senator Robert Bennett and several cosponsors introduce legislation on medical records privacy. S. 1360 would allow millions of law enforcement officials, social workers, graduate students and other health care researchers, government fraud investigators … Read more…