1996 archive: The Newshare Internet Censorship Site

FULL TEXT of the Communications Decency Act of 1996

Latest news about enforcement and challenges to the act

• 02-15 TEXT: Judge Buckwalter's decision enjoining enforcement of "indecency" language in CDA

Other resources:

NEWSHARE CORP. STATEMENTS

• Clickshare will allow users to block offensive content, but will leave labeling decision up to publishers (June 1995 statement)
• Newshare Corp. Letter to Representative White December 7, 1995
• Newshare Corp./American Reporter censorship statement: Onliners pose triple-barreled challenge to proposed muzzle bill; Urge congressional reversal, presidential veto and Internet mutiny December 8, 1995 press release (includes links to other resources)

• FULL TEXT: American Reporter challenge to law in U.S. Dist. Court in NYC
• The American Reporter Statement on Cybercensorship December 7, 1995
• The American Reporter: Excerpts of Feb. 8, 1996 edition testing CDA
• The American Reporter latest edition

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

• Public statements by ACLU, ASJA and others
• Internet censorship: What is the sound sound of ripping paper? [Parental advisory: contains the seven dirty words] b y Mike Godwin
• Internet Censors Close to Success: Act Now by Howard Rheingold
• A First Amendment Primer from the Casper (Wyo.) Star Tribune

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