IP: Internet censoring sea-change?

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 09:06:00 -0400
To: farber () cis upenn edu
From: Steve Papa <spapa () mba1999 hbs edu>
Subject: FYI - Internet censoring sea-change?


Regarding the broadcast of Clinton's testimony - It appears, for MSNBC at
least, that the unedited version will be sent over the air-waves and a
censored version will be sent over the net.


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C-SPAN, which is committed to carrying full live coverage of House and
Senate proceedings, will repeat the entire testimony
from 8 p.m. EDT (midnight GMT).


``We'll air whatever the House Judiciary Committee approves for broadcast.
It will contain verbal and on-air warnings that
content may not be appropriate for some audiences and it will also be
simulcast on our website, with a seven-second delay,''
said MSNBC spokeswoman Kyle Kaino.


The delay on the Internet will enable it to edit out ''inappropriate
material,'' MSNBC said in a statement.