FC: Nat'l Research Council report on kids-porn-net to appear May 2

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Herb Lin" <HLin () nas edu>
To: ITAS () nas edu
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:30:40 -0400
Subject: 26- the public release of the NRC report on "Youth, Pornography,
        and the Internet"

Dear Colleague:

Please join the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the
National Academies for the widely anticipated public release of Youth,
Pornography, and the Internet on Thursday, May 2, in the Lecture Room of The
National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

(Because we are trying to reach as broad an audience as possible for this
report, please accept our apologies in advance if you receive more than one
notice of this event.  Also, please pass this notice along to any interested
party.)

This public release is a two-part event.  The first part (from 11:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.) is limited to members of the press, and will consist of an opening
statement from the committee chair (Dick Thornburgh, former governor of
Pennsylvania and former Attorney General of the United States) and a question
and answer session for the press.

The second part (from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.) is open to all interested parties,
including press, during which a substantive briefing will provide a detailed
presentation of the report, and questions will be taken by the committee 
members
and staff present.

Please confirm your attendance by April 24 to Janice Sabuda via phone
(202.334.3489), e-mail (jsabuda () nas edu), or fax back the attached form
(202.334.2318).  Any logistical inquiries should also be sent to 
her.  Also, you
should check the project Web site (http://www.itasnrc.org) for a final
confirmation of this event.

     This report is the result of a many-month undertaking of the CSTB 
conducted
     at the request of the U.S. Congress to examine tools and strategies for
     protecting kids from pornography and their applicability to other
     inappropriate Internet content.  The report addresses the pros and 
cons of
     options for protecting children from inappropriate sexually explicit
     material on the Internet, laying a foundation for a more coherent and
     objective national debate on the subject.  A limited number of
     prepublication copies will be available, and CSTB will try to make the
     report available on the Web (http://www.cstb.org) by the close of 
business
     on May 2.

More information about the project can be obtained at http://www.itasnrc.org.

The National Academies comprise the National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research
Council.  Operating under a charter granted by the United States Congress in
1863, the National Academies have a mandate to advise the federal government in
scientific and technical matters on a non-partisan, objective 
basis.  Additional
information concerning the National Academies may be found online at <
http://www.nationalacademies.org>.  The Computer Science and Telecommunications
Board is the unit of the National Academies that focuses on the computer
hardware and software, telecommunications, and content industries.  Additional
information concerning the CSTB may be found online at <http://www.cstb.org>.

CSTB welcomes suggestions for focused briefings and other dissemination
opportunities for this report.  Steven Woo, CSTB
's dissemination officer, would
be happy to field your ideas (202.334.2605, swoo () nas edu).

Substantive questions about the report can be taken by the project director,
Herb Lin.

Herb Lin
Senior Scientist
Project Director
202.334.3191




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