Letting the good stuff through
Most of us would be happy to see child pornography blocked online but a too-tight regulatory system would be bad for freedom of speech.
Reporters Without Borders have produced a new report, "
The Internet Under Surveillance Obstacles To The Free Flow Of Information Online", to examine these issues. Vint Cerf's introduction to the 151-page report on the RSF site (
http://www.rsf.org/) states: "Free citizens must exercise due diligence to assure that their governments are not hiding political censorship behind a putative moral facade". Find out about the report at
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=378report and find the report itself in PDF at
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/doc-2236.pdf. You can also read country-specific sections.
Australia's is at
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7233.
Posted by belinda at July 2, 2003 10:06 AM