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* American Civil Liberties Union * Center for Democracy & Technology *
* Electronic Frontier Foundation *
* Electronic Privacy Information Center * Voters' Telecom Watch *
Join the Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition!
You too can legally add your name as a plaintiff in the legal suit being brought against the Justice
Department by CDT, VTW, AOL, Microsoft, Apple and others who are trying to halt enforcement of
the CDA.
Last updated: 5:15pm PST, Mar. 13, 1996.
Blue Ribbon Intro
Blue Ribbon Graphics
ACTIVISM
Fed. US Update
Global & State-Level Update
Other Blue Ribbon Pages
Archive
Sites That Could be Banned
Skeptical?
Blue Ribbon Campaign Introduction
A blue ribbon is chosen as the symbol for the preservation of basic civil rights in the electronic world.
The blue ribbon is of course insprired by the yellow POW/MIA and red AIDS/HIV ribbons, and also
by the various (U.S.) Second Amendment, Israel awareness, and public land usage rights blue
ribbons, the breast cancer pink ribbon, etc. *
EFF and other civil liberties groups ask that a blue ribbon be worn or displayed to show support for
the essential human right of free speech. This fundamental building block of free society, affirmed by
the U.S. Bill of Rights in 1791, and by the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, has been
sacrificed in the 1996 Telecom Bill.
The blue ribbon will be a way to raise awareness of these issues, from locally to globally, and for the
quiet voice of reason to be heard.
The voice of reason knows that free speech doesn't equate to sexual harassment, abuse of children, or
the breeding of hatred or intolerance.
We insist that any material that's legal in bookstores, newspapers, or public libraries must be legal
online.
See below for info on how to get Blue Ribbon graphics for your WWW pages.
Blue Ribbon Graphics
All Web users are strongly encouraged to place a blue ribbon graphic on their servers, such as
the ones below. (Click on each to download if your browser requires this.)
NOTE: You do NOT need to ask for permission to use these graphics. They are public domain,
created either by EFF, or by people who have voluntarily donated new icons to the collection.
If you would like to point your Blue Ribbon icon at EFF's Blue Ribbon page (the page you are
reading now), you can add this HTML Anchor to your homepage (or a similar one, pointing to
another Blue Ribbon Site ).
Many other versions are available , including borderless, transparent, grey and black backrounds,
smaller versions, an outline version, and a textless version for incorporation into larger banners (as a
standalone icon, please use the versions with text, so people have some idea that there IS a blue
ribbon campaign and what is about when they first encounter it - not everyone has a color monitor, so
the verbal name of the campaign is important to pass around.) Thank you for your support and
activism, and remember - it's YOUR rights you are fighting for! Wear a real blue ribbon, so people
ask you what it's all about.
If you are not sure why you need to participate in the Blue Ribbon Campaign and stand up for your
free speech, or uncertain how your rights are threatened, please see our Internet Censorship
Legislation Alerts Page
Other Blue Ribbon Pages
Here are some other sites providing Blue Ribbon pages. You might wish to refer people to one of
these sites as well as or in place of ours. This will help reduce load on our system, and help spread the
word into other online communities (e.g. via having someone within each community provide a blue
ribbon page, rather than everyone having to figure out who we are and how we relate to their
interests) This is *not* a list of people supporting the blue ribbon campaign and putting blue ribbons
on their WWW pages - there are already thousands!
EFF Local machine(s)
Center for Democracy and Technology
Voters' Telecom Watch
Yahoo!
Magellan (McKinley Group)
Computer Currents Interactive
HotWired
Dave Winer
Digital Shout
Surfwatch
Emperor & Jammer (a rebellious spin on the concept)
Ryan Thornburg
Raleigh Muns, UM-St. Louis Reference Librarian
Ryan Thornburg
Karl Simanonok
Teleport
IgLou Internet Services
Eugene Free-Net
Buck
John DeCarlo
Acropolis Net (sta Ellinika - in Greek)
For a humor break, see the CensorU Movement (CUM) www pages - a parody of the theocratic right,
with its own red pro-censorship ribbon.
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