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Mr.Fiction · 02-19-2003, 07:04 PM

Pennsylvania forces ISPs to block access to porn Web sites
By Ted Bridis

Feb. 19, 2003 | WASHINGTON (AP) --

Pennsylvania is forcing Internet providers to block Web sites that include child pornography, a new legal strategy that technology and civil liberties experts worry will unintentionally interfere with legitimate surfing.

In a precursor to a possible courtroom challenge, lawyers from the Center for Democracy and Technology will try to compel Pennsylvania's attorney general to disclose new details about the state's tactics. They are worried other states may follow Pennsylvania's practice.

The center, which focuses on Internet freedoms, compared the blocking technique to disrupting mail delivery to an entire apartment complex because of one tenant's illegal actions. It said it prefers aggressive prosecution of those who publish obscene materials to wholesale blocking of Web destinations.

"It's sort of this weird world where we're not prosecuting the people producing child pornography," said Alan Davidson, the center's associate director.

http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/...ernet_filters/

Laws like this are fucking scary. They are apparently blocking legal sites along with the illegal ones.

02-19-2003, 07:04 PM
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	Pennsylvania forces ISPs to block access to porn Web sites Pennsylvania forces ISPs to block access to porn Web sites By Ted Bridis Feb. 19, 2003 \| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pennsylvania is forcing Internet providers to block Web sites that include child pornography, a new legal strategy that technology and civil liberties experts worry will unintentionally interfere with legitimate surfing. In a precursor to a possible courtroom challenge, lawyers from the Center for Democracy and Technology will try to compel Pennsylvania's attorney general to disclose new details about the state's tactics. They are worried other states may follow Pennsylvania's practice. The center, which focuses on Internet freedoms, compared the blocking technique to disrupting mail delivery to an entire apartment complex because of one tenant's illegal actions. It said it prefers aggressive prosecution of those who publish obscene materials to wholesale blocking of Web destinations. "It's sort of this weird world where we're not prosecuting the people producing child pornography," said Alan Davidson, the center's associate director. http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/...ernet_filters/ Laws like this are fucking scary. They are apparently blocking legal sites along with the illegal ones.