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FC: Replies to SurfControl dubs libertarian site "hate speech"
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:02:40 -0400
Overblocking is not a new concept. Brock Meeks (now at MSNBC.com) and I wrote a piece together over six years ago on the topic, but new twists continue to pop up: http://www.eff.org/Publications/Declan_McCullagh/cwd.keys.to.the.kingdom.0796.articl e
Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04014.html -Declan --- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:30:37 -0700 Subject: Re: FC: SurfControl dubs libertarian discussion site "hate speech" From: Alan Cabal <a.cabal () ATT NET> To: <declan () well com>, <politech () politechbot com> on 9/23/02 11:43 PM, Declan McCullagh at declan () well com wrote: > CYBERSPACE - September 19, 2002: LibertyForum > (http://www.libertyforum.org), a libertarian web-based news and > political discussion site, has been listed as a "hate speech" site > shortly after its September 13, 2002 opening. This categorization > comes courtesy of SurfControl (http://www.surfcontrol.com), which > characterizes itself as "The World's Leading Web Filtering Software > Company." The same outfit has labeled www.whatreallyhappened.com as a "hate site." Clearly criticism of Eric Scheinermann (aka "Ariel Sharon") or the Israeli state constitutes "hate speech." Also check out this new www.campus-watch.org site, a blacklist of critics of Israel in Academia. This is getting very ugly. McCarthystein, anyone? Regards, Alan Cabal www.nypress.com --- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:18:54 -0400 From: "SIXIT Consulting" <no.spam () sixit com> To: stephen.purdham () surfcontrol com Cc: christina.frey () surfcontrol com, pressreleases () hq LP org, Helmut.Forren () ga lp org, Advocates () self-gov org, declan () well com Subject: Fwd: FC: SurfControl dubs libertarian discussion site "hate speech"[All parties are free to print/release this email. However, please suppress my email address.]
Dear Mr. Purdham,As the CEO of SurfControl, you have the right to respond to the following letter.
I visited the SurfControl booth at Networld + Interop in Atlanta on Sept. 10th of this year and was impressed with your product. When I asked the rep who controlled the content of the filtering he replied that the client had sole control, much like a firewall. I pressed on and asked if SurfControl had any influence on the filtering. He again stressed that the client had sole control over the filtering. I was surprised when I read the following letter. I did go to <http://mtas.surfcontrol.com/mtas/MTAS.asp> and test www.libertyforum.org and it did come back as "Hate Speech". Do you care to comment on the letter and my results?
Sincerely, Robert Reese~ SIXIT Consulting 63 Red Top Cir. Emerson GA 30137 --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan CNET Radio 9:40 am ET weekdays: http://cnet.com/broadband/0-7227152.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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