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   I advocate that the following document be fully incorporated
   into the Toronto Freenet constitution and bylaws and that the
   TFN aggresively promote this work to all levels of government.

                          Bob Allisat

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                     Electronic Bill of Rights

 
                               We 
                           Undersigned
                           Free Adults
                          Women And Men 
                          All As Equals



                             Demand:


         The right to privacy of electronic communications
         without interference or surveillance.

         The right to navigate in an unrestricted manner
         through generally accessable public, electronic
         networks.

         The right to access on public electronic networks
         regardless of income, ethnicity, gender, physical
         location or disability.

         The right to access any public article, newsgroup,
         message or other electronic communications from
         whichever person or area we so desire.
 
         The right to uncensored, free, and uncontrolled
         communications to and from unmoderated, public areas.
 
         The right to create newsgroups, to form online
         communities and other electronic resources and to 
         discuss matters of interest to multiple participants,
         without interference, retribution or undue restrictions 

         The right to control and restrict access to private
         mail boxes and other personal, non-public file areas
         and to deny access if we so desire.

         The right to security and protection from forged
         messages, cancellations and articles.

         The right to protection, should we so choose, from
         mail bombing, automatic mailers, large, unrequested
         file or data transfers and similar harassments.

         The right to due judicial process and proper legal
         representation in any conflicts with a services
         provider.

         The right to uninterrupted services and reasonable
         access to contracted electronic services and
         resources without hindrance or prejudice.

         The right to notification, positive verification
         and approval when and if personal access codes or
         any other personal and private data are transmitted
         to anyone by the services provider.

         The right to confidential deletion of all private
         and personal electronic information from the data-
         bases of a services provider once we choose to
         leave.

 
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   We the undersigned adults, women and men as equals demand 
   these rights of our governments and Electronic Media services
   providers. We will stand united in the defence and the 
   furtherance of these our electronic rights. Readers please
   circulate, sign and present this document to your ISP as a
   condition of continuance and maintenance of your accounts.
   Forward completed documents to your respective governments. 
   We shall overcome.



                         Signatories *
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