Symantec's "Internet Filter" blocks pro-gun websites [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Here's an excerpt from an article that Brock Meeks and I wrote in mid-1996:
http://www.eff.org/Publications/Declan_McCullagh/cwd.keys.to.the.kingdom.0796.article
> But CyberPatrol doesn't stop at EFF and MIT. It also goes after gun and
> Second Amendment pages including http://www.shooters.com/,
> http://www.taurususa.com/, http://206.31.73.39/, and
> http://www-199.webnexus.com/nra-sv/, according to a recent "Cybernot"
> list.
> The last site is run by the National Rifle Association (NRA) Members'
> Council of Silicon Valley, and bills itself as "the NRA's grass roots
> political action and education group for the San Jose, Santa Clara,
> Milpitas, and surrounding areas."
> Peter Nesbitt, an air-traffic controller who volunteers as part of the
> Silicon Valley NRA group, says "it's terrible" that CyberPatrol blocks
> gun-rights web sites. "The people who are engaging in censoring gun
> rights or gun advocates groups are the opposition who want to censor us
> to further their anti-gun agenda."

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From: "Paul \"Evil Genius\" Music" <evlpawl () cox net>
To: "DeClan" <declan () well com>
Subject: Symantec's "Internet Filter" software blocks 'pro-gun', not 
'anti-gun' sites?
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:00:14 -0500





October 18, 2003

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Internet Software that Blocks Only Pro-Gun Sites

Bitter will blow a gasket when she reads this article in the November NRA 
Woman's Outlook magazine. There is an article on an Internet filter 
software that blocks out sites that parents feel are unacceptable for 
children and/or others.

According to this article "One such software title is "Internet Security" 
from Symantec Corp. NRA members have discovered that after installing this 
software on their computers they can no longer visit NRA sites such as 
nraila.org. Interestingly, however, gun prohibitionist sites, such as those 
for the Brady Center, are not blocked in the default setting. The 
information on the anti-gun sites is left freely available." Interesting, 
to say the least!

There is also an interesting article on "Right-To-Carry Reciprocity-What 
Does It Mean?" Now you know what I've been doing this weekend. Bitter would 
be proud of my reading selections!
Posted by <mailto:biitchgirls () hotmail com>Bitchy Mom at 
<http://www.thebitchgirls.us/archives/002802.html>03:13 PM


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