UNBlocked by Cyber Patrol

[Dianne L Parham]

I apologize if this information has been posted before ... I've had a 
rough day.  

Another article on this subject:
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/9371.html
 
I don't know if this has been listed before but for those of you who are
interested in this subject, you may like to look 
at the following website which gives 
directions on how to subscribe to 
anti-censorship lists:  http://www.well.com/user/declan/fc/

I do not subscribe to the lists, nor do I have any vested interest in the 
list, nor am I setting myself up as an authority on anti-censorship.  
This is simply information for those who may be interested.

Happy Holidays ... may your celebrations be happy however you chose to 
celebrate the season.

Dianne Parham
San Diego Public Library
dzp at library.sannet.gov

On Wed, 24 Dec 1997, Shirl Kennedy wrote:

> I guess my point -- which I believe I've expressed on this list before is
> that...
> 
> ..yes, the 67 sites in question were not a representative sample; and
> ..yes, 58 of the sites were unblocked "within 24 hours of notification;"
> but
> 
> ..this contitutes yet another example of how flawed the technology is.  Who
> knows what-all is being blocked by Cyber Patrol and others of its ilk that
> no one has stumbled across yet?  My concern is for the library patron
> seeking information on a sensitive subject who finds certain sites blocked
> on a public access Internet terminal and who is a) too technologically
> unsophisticated to realize what is going on; or b) too shy/embarrassed to
> bring the situation to the attention of a librarian.
> 
> Shirl K.
>