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Congress, Vatican Moving Toward Censorware

Posted by jamie on from the step-by-step dept.

CNet has a good status update on censorware, chock-full of facts and links. So-called "filtering" products are quietly inching toward a nationwide mandate in schools and libraries that take federal funds. It also turns out they are supported by the Catholic Church.

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  1. Index of Prohibited Web Pages by Seth+Finkelstein · · Score: 2
    Often when people ask me to describe my position on censorware, I compare it specifically to the Catholic Church's Prohibited Index. I even wrote an essay Comstock in the '90, or the Index of Prohibited Web Books .

    Another good article along these lines is the humor (so far) piece Esther Dyson announces ratings partnership with Vatican (collected as part of a page I had of Freedom of Expression Satire and Humor)

    Oh well, I started talking about this stuff in 1995 , and much of what I said is coming true. Nowadays I just console myself about the cocktail-party way of doing things.

    - The Boston Lunatic