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- From: grahame@demon.co.uk (Grahame Davies)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!demon.demon.co.uk!grahame
- Subject: Re: Newsgroup filtering in the U.K.
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- References: <1992Nov23.105055.14816@canon.co.uk>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:22:23 +0000
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- In article <1992Nov23.105055.14816@canon.co.uk> smith@canon.co.uk writes:
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- >csc280@cent1.lancs.ac.uk (I S Brandon Esq) writes:
- >> Does anyone know who is responsible for deciding which groups get
- >> filtered out, and how I could contact them.
- >
- >This raises an interesting point. My understanding is that in
- >the past, UKnet has censored certain newsgroups because of fears
- >over either illegality or tabloid publicity. Given that UKnet
- >was at one time the only gateway of any significance into the UK,
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- By censoring groups, are they then "approving" the groups they carry?
- The fundemental problem being of course that the Usenet is free speach
- and is impossible to control - you would need a full time qualified
- team.
-
- Grahame
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