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To: Ilaine who wrote (23657)	10/2/2000 3:03:14 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

i agree it seems difficult...but China is reportedly doing it - i don't know how, technically speaking. Australia's new law against certain types of content is also a reality. their legislators point to the fact that 80% of prosecutions under this law related to kiddie porn - but that was already illegal, why introduce a new law? the kiddie porn issue is one of the smoke screens advanced by the censors...however, in the US, the majority of prosecutions originate from solicitations made by federal agents. without them, the issue would be a lot smaller than it's made out to be. in any case, you can rest assured about one thing: governments all over the world are unhappy over their lack of control over the internet...and from what one hears, users are being tracked and profiled by govt. agencies already...someone out there knows which sites you are visiting.

To: Ilaine who wrote (23657)	10/2/2000 3:15:37 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<at least in one instance a corporation (Yahoo?) was fined because someone with a free website published information questioning whether the Holocaust really happened, which is a violation of French law. That's nuts, of course, > Well, wait a minute... TV is censured to some extent.. thank god, right? You wan't you're kids watching anything? Pornography will always be censured on the Inet IMO... anything that's already against the law will be censured as well. DAK