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Re: ACLU Comment on Carnegie Mellon Censorship
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 19:42:40 -0500
From: kadie () eff org (Carl M. Kadie) According to CMU's own statements (emailed to anyone who asked and posted alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk, comp.org.eff.talk, and alt.censorship), the decision to ban the groups was made in secret without participation of the university community and without consulting legal experts. As soon as the decison was announced, the university got participation and expert advice. The result: the ban on the text groups was lifted and committee was formed to recommend policy. I stand my by assertion that the original decision to ban was made haphazardly. How should such decisons be made at a university? Well if you believe that the same intellectual freedom principles that apply to libraries also apply to a universty's netnews services: The American Library Association's statement on "Challenged Materials" says: Freedom of expression is protected by the Constitution of the United States, but constitutionally protected expression is often separated from unprotected expression only by a dim and uncertain line. The Constitution requires a procedure designed to focus searchingly on challenged expression before it can be suppressed. An adversary hearing is a part of this procedure. - Carl -- Carl Kadie -- I do not represent EFF or my employer; this is just me. =Email: kadie () eff org, kadie () cs uiuc edu = =URL: <http://www.eff.org/CAF/>, <ftp://ftp.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/kadie/> =
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