| Re: Verizon to cut off all alt.* newsgroups |
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Group: alt.conspiracy · Group Profile
Author: barbbarb Date: Jun 15, 2008 10:20
Modemac wrote:
> Let's see, there are something like 10,000 newsgroups in the alt.*
> hierarchy on Usenet. So when Verizon went out looking for kiddie
> porn, it found some on "88 newsgroups." In response, they have
> decided they will kick off the entire alt.* hierarchy from their news
> server in order to Protect The Children from that evil kiddie porn.
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9967119-38.html
>
Tch. Tossing the lolis out with the bathwater. Stupid move, but clearly
pandering to the politicians who they hope will grant them more power
and control over our internet access.
Vote with your wallet. Fire Verizon.
--
Barb "That's Captain Barbossa to you!"
Chaplain, ARSCC (wdne)
It's Poodlin' Time!
“I think that the protections that we enjoy for freedom of worship exist
so long as we don’t step over the line. When religious worship and
belief cross over into things like fraud, victimization of others and
the disruption of the political arena, that protection is no longer
appropriate.â€
--Robert Goff
Professor Emeritus, UCSC
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