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Highlights from Edupage
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 18:05:19 -0500
ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING A measure soon to be introduced on Capitol Hill would require that all network providers, including the Internet and commercial on-line services, build in the capability to record any person's e-mail and deliver it to federal law-enforcement authorities. Government agents will need only to show a person merits investigation, rather than obtain a court order as is the case for telephone eavesdropping. (Business Week 3/14/94 p.55) IS OPEN ACCESS A RIGHT? "It is far from clear whether the First Amendment will allow the government to treat the entire [information] industry as a common carrier, with open access to everyone's system [as prescribed by Vice President Gore] a condition imposed by government." (American Journalism Review 3/94 p.54)
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