I haven’t had a chance to interview Tim yet, but I assume he has ceased posting Bea Arthur porn on Usenet (as reported by PJ) because of several major ISPs’ capitulation to the New York Attorney General and agreement to cut off access to Usenet. Declan McCullagh has the most thought-through write-up.
I appeared on the BBC early yesterday morning (BBC-time) to discuss concerns with this. I didn’t know about Tim’s draconian action or I surely would have raised it as an example of the unfortunate fall-out from the preemptive censorship some ISPs have agreed to at the behest of the AG.
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