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Article #113Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
From: Bob Daniel
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <4rt5sv$3u@milo.vcn.bc.ca>, lalee@vcn.bc.ca (Lawrence Lee) wrote: > Bob Daniel (rgd@inforamp.net) wrote: > [...] > : The other angle is this matter of foreknowledge. Istar can't reasonably > : be expected to monitor all web traffic, email etc. for illegal content. > : (And don't even SUGGEST it!!!)(grin) But they CAN be resonably sure > : that there will always be SOME "illegal content" in SOME of these newsgroups. > > So they can't monitor IRC, FTP, and e-mail traffic yet they can monitor > 6000+ (rough estimate) UseNet newsgroups and somehow screen what is > contained within. If van.general was bombarded with illegal material for > a matter of months that is crossposted from banned newsgroups, would > van.general be up for removal/banning? > This would certainly test the logic of their decision to the max. I once suggested ironically that we bombard ALL the groups with smut, then demand they all be removed. Feel free to get the ball rolling on that one ... <i> But the party line is that the removed groups are self-described in their own online descriptions and FAQs as (arguably) containing illegal material. -- Bob Daniel rgd@inforamp.net Toronto, Canada http://www.inforamp.net/~rgd
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11544f,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid11544f,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: fb1ea,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1ea,public X-Google-Thread: 12c2cc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid12c2cc,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 1046d5,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid1046d5,public X-Google-Thread: 115882,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid115882,public X-Google-Thread: 13d6bc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid13d6bc,public From: rgd@inforamp.net (Bob Daniel) Subject: Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups Date: 1996/07/09 Message-ID: <rgd-0907961230050001@ts39-03.tor.istar.ca> X-Deja-AN: 167378608 distribution: inet references: <4rmsbp$5ur@insight.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <jbtoacf.-0707960850350001@ip93-106.tor.interlog.com> <4ro8na$du@news.intranet.ca> <radfordr-0807961957040001@ts39-13.tor.istar.ca> <4rs9m5$rf9@milo.vcn.bc.ca> <rgd-0807962243540001@ts10-04.tor.istar.ca> <4rt5sv$3u@milo.vcn.bc.ca> organization: iSTAR Internet Inc. newsgroups: inforamp.general,inforamp.support,alt.censorship,comp.org.eff.talk,can.legal,can.infohighway,tor.general,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.society.civil-liberty,ont.general