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CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT
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The Religious Right is attempting to push legislation the Telecommunications Deregulation Conference Committee that would shut down most forms of speech online.
Their proposal would:
-Make internet providers, online services, and libraries criminally liable for expression online.
For a full analysis of the Religious Right's proposal, and a copy of theirproposed legislation and their letter to the Conference Committee, seethe alert at URL:http://www.vtw.org/.
Earlier this week the coalition started a phone campaign to let Dole andGingrich know how important this is to us. Calls have been coming instrong, but not enough have come in to sway their opinion.
Please call now.
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1. If you run any sort of system that allows a welcome message for all
The Religious Right is attempting to shutdown the net by passing
If you have a Web page that gets a lot of traffic, please add the
Stop the Religious Right from shutting down online free
speech! (11/8/95)
2. The proposals from the Religious Right will literally destroy online
There is a very real chance that this legislation will pass, and
The Religious Right has a strong grass-roots network. We need to
IMMEDIATELY CALL House Speaker Gingrich (R-GA) and Senate Leader
Name, Address, and Party Phone Fax
If you're at a loss for words, try one of the following:
Please oppose the recent proposal from the Religious Right to
3. Join the online fight by becoming a volunteer for your district!
Check to see if you're legislator is in the list below. If they are
URL:http://www.stardot.com/~lukeseem/zip.html
The conference committee legislators are:
House:
Senate:
If your legislator is on the conference committee, you have a chance
You can starting working to help spread the word in your district by
4. The People for the American Way (PFAW) and the American Civil Liberties
If you are a representative of an organization that would like to
5. We can't suggest relaxing at this point. The stakes are too high, and
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++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 12:41:47 EST
From: MISS CHATELAINE
"netmail::\"bsp@csf.colorado.edu\""@earlham.edu
Message-ID: <009992F2.5D61C71E.21@earlham.edu
Subject: may not be of importance unless you want to keep the internet alive!!!
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CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS
(INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT AND THE MGRS AMDT)
Nov 8, 1995
REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL December 1, 1995
REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS
CONTENTS
The Latest News
What You Can Do Now
THE LATEST NEWS
-Create a standard for criminalizing "indecency" online, dumbing down every Web page, newsgroups, discussion forum, and chat system.
-Give the FCC jurisdiction over speech in cyberspace and software that might be used to filter children's access to the net.
WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW
users, please add the following:
legislation that would make services like this one liable
for what you say and read on the Internet. Please call Congress
now; for more info URL:http://www.vtw.org/ or send mail to
files@vtw.org with "send alert" in the subject line. (11/8/95)
following link:
speech as we know it. The odds of stopping this are not certain.
we will experience a period of uncertainty and chilling of speech
while an appropriate test case attempts to reach the Supreme Court
(should it even get there!)
counter their energy and ensure cyberspace is not lost due to them.
Dole (R-KS) and urge them to oppose the Christian Coalition's
proposal. (fax numbers have been corrected)
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R GA Gingrich, Newt 1-800-752 3524 1-202-225-4656
R KS Dole, Robert 1-800-752 3524 1-202-228-1245
censor the Internet. The only effective way to address children's
access to the Internet is through parental control tools outlined
by the Cox/White/Wyden approach.
or
As a religious person and a parent, I oppose the Religious Right's
attempts to censor the Internet. I am the best person to monitor
my child's access to the Internet using parental control tools
as outlined in the Cox/White/Wyden approach.
not, consult the free ZIPPER service that matches Zip Codes to
Congressional districts with about 85% accuracy at:
Barr (R-GA), Barton (R-TX), Berman (R-CA), Bliley (R-VA),
Boucher (D-VA), Brown (D-OH), Bryant (D-TX), Buyer (R-IN),
Conyers (D-MI), Dingell (D-MI), Eshoo (D-CA), Fields (R-TX),
Flanagan (R-IL), Frisa (R-NY), Gallegly (R-CA), Goodlatte (R-VA),
Gordon (D-TN), Hastert (R-IL), Hoke (R-OH), Hyde (R-IL),
Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Klug (R-WI), Lincoln (D-AR), Markey (D-MA),
Moorhead (R-CA), Oxley (R-OH), Paxon (R-NY), Rush (D-IL),
Schaefer (R-CO), Schroeder (D-CO), Scott (D-VA), Stearns (R-FL),
White (R-WA)
Burns (R-MT), Exon (D-NE), Ford (D-KY), Gorton (R-WA),
Hollings (D-SC), Inouye (D-HI), Lott (R-MS), McCain (R-AZ),
Pressler (R-SD), Rockefeller (D-WV), Stevens (R-AK)
to influence their vote on this issue with your power as a constituent.
Volunteer to help educate your legislator by sending mail to
volunteer@vtw.org. A coalition volunteer will be in touch with you.
sending this letter to five friends. Ask them to call Dole and Gingrich
as well.
Union (ACLU) are organizing a letter from ORGANIZATIONS to the Conference
Committee to oppose the censorship provisions.
signon to this letter, you should contact jlesser@pfaw.org IMMEDIATELY.
the risk is too great. Everything now hangs in the balance.
the windows of my soul are made of one-way glass -----<-----'-----{@
don't bother looking into my eyes, if there's something you want to know,
just ask
jennifer ray, resident freakchild
--ani difranco rayje@earlham.edu
++++ if you agree copy these 3 sentences in your own sig ++++
++++ more info: http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.html ++++
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