Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
Here’s a good article by Declan McCullagh on New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s outrageous vendetta against Usenet. The article is good not only because yours truly is quoted. I’ve been looking, and haven’t found a single advocate from the left or critic of Comcast’s network management practices that has said a word of support [...]
Facing threats of legal action from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, many ISPs have curbed newsgroup access in the name of fighting child porn. Now, it looks like a big fish is holding out: Comcast. Good for them. While it’s understandable that other ISPs elected to fold under intense pressure from an overzealous AG [...]
Time Warner, Verizon, and Sprint will restrict access to tens of thousands of Newsgroups in order to stem illegal child pornography as part of an agreement with New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. Although ISPs have no obligation to provide newsgroup access, and there are plenty of alternative methods for users to browse Usenet [...]
February 14, 2012
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