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Technology Stocks : America On-Line: will it survive ...?
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To: Art Stone who wrote (6941)1/22/1998 12:30:00 AM
From: Harry Larson  Read Replies (1) of 13594
 
NY Post is off-base. There was no use of AOL chat or forums, only
e-mail, which is subject to same protections as snail mail. And,
imagine if law can be ignored in name of "doing the right thing".

Also, in this case it's not at all clear that AOL even had independent
access to the alleged e-mail, but relied solely upon the say-so of
the anonymous caller. By that logic I could call AOL and get any sub's
identity just by saying they had sent me an obscene e-mail.

NY POST:
"it's easy to see why AOL acted as it did: There is warranted
nationwide concern about the use of cyberspace as a hidden network
for pedophiles, and online providers are trying to balance their
customers' confidentiality with their responsibility not to allow
their services to become vehicles for child abuse"
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