Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Where can we send donations for this screening program? Will spam be gone soon too? Chris >Department of Homeland Security >"For a Safe and Secure NationT" > > >Clampdown on Internet Subversives >- President says "we must stop this evil spread of ideas" > > Washington 2/5/03 > > >In a far reaching announcement today, President Bush announced that an >imminent clampdown into the dissemination of subversive and dangerous >ideas via the Internet. > >Announcing this new initiative alongside director Tom Ridge, the >president said: "We must stop this evil spread of ideas. Far too many >people are being exposed to thoughts and concepts that challenge those >things this administration stands for. The Internet is clearly an >example of outmoded liberal ideas gone badly out of control." > >Director Ridge added: "It is unfair for the federal government to pass >the burden of this onto tax-payers and citizens. Instead, we are >proposing that the cost be shared between web site publishers and those >minority of the population who visit such things. Screening this >information is expensive and those costs must be passed on." > >The proposed charges will be in the region of $100 per web page to be >analysed for content and 10 cents per page viewed by visitors, this >charge will go towards an upgrade to the Carnivore systems already in >place. Sites belonging to government agencies are exempt, as are sites >belong to Fortune 500 companies - Director Ridge said "We can trust >major corporations to always act in the interests of the United States, >so we do not propose to screen their content. However, in the current >climate of terrorist threats we must consider everyone else to be a >potential subversive". > >Charges will be levied after 31st March 2003. For any queries or >comments, please contact our press office. > >This article is http://www.homelandsecurity.gov@subj.com/dhs/ > > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html