Free Speech Mirrors hit Toronto Star

96/02/08
	Canada's largest newspaper, The Toronto Star today published an
account of the Ernst Zundel affair in the Fast Forward Section of the
paper. Net columnist K. K. Campbell, in what looks like a 1500 word
article, (I didn't count them) gives a good account of the German attempt
to censor the Internet. He even mentions the fact that the MIT mirror was
ordered removed, but gives no details.
	He goes on to take a shot at other attempts at censorship like the
Church of Scientology lawsuits and the disaster that ensued attempting to
keep these documents secret.
	Finally, he talks about the frustration of Canadian Interneters
who continually have to listen to US netters saying that the US would
never pass hate speech legislation like Canada has. He points out that
while this has been true, the US has an "odious record" when it comes to
protecting the rights of people to talk privately.
	Now it seems that the US has joined Canada with restrictive speech
laws with the new telecommunications bill. Campbell uses the example of
removing the Web site containing the King James Bible because it has the
word "PISS" (II Kings) which has been ruled indecent by the US Supreme
Court!
	The last couple of paragraphs talk about the EFF blue ribbon
campaign and the Web page black background. 
	Al in all a good article. Sometimes even journalists get it right
<G>

Regards, 
Tim Philp
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Tim Philp writes:
> 	Canada's largest newspaper, The Toronto Star today published an
> account of the Ernst Zundel affair in the Fast Forward Section of the
> paper. Net columnist K. K. Campbell, in what looks like a 1500 word
> article, (I didn't count them) gives a good account of the German attempt
> to censor the Internet. He even mentions the fact that the MIT mirror was
							 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ordered removed, but gives no details.
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Is this a reporting error, or did I miss something ?

-Lewis	"You're always disappointed, nothing seems to keep you high -- drive 
	your bargains, push your papers, win your medals, fuck your strangers;
	don't it leave you on the empty side ?"  (Joni Mitchell, 1972)

On Thu, 8 Feb 1996 lmccarth@cs.umass.edu wrote:

> Tim Philp writes:
> > 	Canada's largest newspaper, The Toronto Star today published an
> > account of the Ernst Zundel affair in the Fast Forward Section of the
> > paper. Net columnist K. K. Campbell, in what looks like a 1500 word
> > article, (I didn't count them) gives a good account of the German attempt
> > to censor the Internet. He even mentions the fact that the MIT mirror was
> 							 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ordered removed, but gives no details.
>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Is this a reporting error, or did I miss something ?
> 

The paragraph in question was as follows:

"The EFC says at least 10 mirrors sites have appeared, including ones at 
Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, and MIT. (The one at the 
University of Massachusetts was ordered removed.)"

I don't know the truth of this statement but the article was very 
anti-censorship and struck a pro-freedom stance.

K.K. Campbell, the author of the piece, is eye weekly's net.editor and 
Webmaster (http://www.interlog.com/eye)

Tim Philp

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Tim Philp writes:
> The paragraph in question was as follows:
> 
> "The EFC says at least 10 mirrors sites have appeared, including ones at 
> Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, and MIT. (The one at the 
> University of Massachusetts was ordered removed.)"

OK, this clears it up. MIT != University of Massachusetts