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Clinton signed the CDA into law February 8th. ACLU immediately filed suit in Philadelphia; even AOL and CompuServe may be taking legal action against it. Henry Hyde, a representative from Illinois and a man utterly ignorant of the U.S. Constitution, added language that makes giving information about abortion over the Internet illegal. He was asked about this on the floor of the House. He lied. The rest of Congress either ignored this lie or was stupid enough to believe it. Ironically, this may expand the opposition to the CDA by showing people just how their First Amendment rights are in danger.

This blurb was put in February 11th. More updates as I have time.

On December 6th, 1995, a House conference committee voted in favor of the most diabolical Internet censorship legislation yet.

The proposed legislation is nothing more than an attack by the stupid on the intelligent. I have some documents on this site so you can get to them quickly:

Latest alert (January 1st, 1996) from the Voters Telecommunication Watch, including a chronology.

Next-to-latest alert (December 21st) from the same people.

Urgent message from the Voters Telecommunications Watch and Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Letter from the American Civil Liberties Union that picks the proposed legislation to pieces.

Alert from the Center for Democracy and Technology.

Demonstration in San Francisco, Monday, December 11th, 1995. (Rescheduled to the 14th!)

National Internet Day of Protest on Tuesday, December 12th, 1995.

Here's one guys experiences on the National Internet Day of Protest.

Senate conferees have yet to vote, so there's still a glimmer of hope. The National Internet Day of Protest flooded switchboards and jammed fax machines all over Capitol Hill--but there's no reason to let up now. Keep the pressure on your Senators and Representatives, and heck, on everyone else's, too.

Latest Rumors!

Sorry to disappoint you, but I've been keeping my ear to the ground and hearing nothing. One opinion has it that the bill will end up dead on the floor as the session ends, due to all the budget folderol monopolizing everyone's attention. Another opinion says that Clinton and Gore are in favor of keeping the bill because they got the Republicans to compromise on deregulation issues, and they might not get them to compromise again. So if the bill gets to the President's desk, he's expected to sign it--First Amendment be damned. Might not hurt to make a phone call to the White House as well.

Previously...

I grabbed two good updates as of December 13th from Voters Telecommunications Watch and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The text of the foul legislation that the so-called "Christian Coalition" has been pushing on us.

If this angers you, you can tell it right to the so-called "Christian Coalition" themselves...on their feedback page. I cannot take responsibility for any language you might use that would involve Pat Robertson, Ralph Reed, Ed Meese, Henry "Barefoot and Pregnant" Hyde, or any other "Christian Coaltion" supporters in unnatural proclivities, indecent propositioning, poopoos, Number Twos, unusual undergarments, "Hello Sailor" remarks, polish sausages, or small rodents in duct tape being inserted into excretory orifices.

No matter how appropriate that language might be.

Finally, with a heavy sigh, I have to direct you yet again to the organizations that have been fighting for your rights as a citizen of the United States of America on the Internet...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Voters Telecommunications Watch
Center for Democracy and Technology
Electronic Privacy Information Center

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