[IP] AT&T's site blocking

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Dan Gillmor <dan@gillmor.com>
Date: July 28, 2009 12:55:21 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: AT&T's site blocking

Dave,

It's good to hear that AT&T (at least this time) isn't blocking  
traffic because of content.

A suggestion for the company's lawyers and PR people: Anytime the  
company feels obliged to take such a step -- which is not a trivial  
matter to the vast majority of users who prefer to make their own  
decisions about what sites to visit and what services to use -- it  
would be well advised to prominently post an explanation at the same  
time. This would help avoid the understandable frenzy of concern about  
the company's actions and motives.

Dan

On Jul 28, 2009, at 9:42 AM, ip@v2.listbox.com wrote:

> From: "BALMORIS, MICHAEL F (ATTSI)" <mb8156@att.com>
> Date: July 27, 2009 5:24:53 PM EDT
> To: <dave@farber.net>
> Subject: AT&T Statement Regarding img.4chan.org
>
> FYI---
>
> We have a statement re: the 4chan.org issue and it has been posted to
> our public policy microsite:  http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=26970





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