CENSORING THE INTERNET [ protecting the status quo] -- from Edupage

[Dave Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

CENSORING THE INTERNET
Canada's Information Highway Advisory Council will call for negotiation of
international agreements to control "offensive communication on global
networks and educating the public and police to apply existing laws to all
computer-based communications."  An attorney representing the Canadian
Daily Newspaper Association calls the proposals "preposterous" because
voluntary codes are "frivolous" and rules to keep information away from
people rarely work. (Toronto Globe & Mail 3/31/95 B10)