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- From: ppotter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Phillip Potter)
- Subject: Re: WLU (in Canada) bans alt.sex* because its "offensive"
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.194226.370@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Summary: Banned in the UK
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- References: <1992Aug13.181732.3739@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 19:42:26 GMT
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- The situation ain't too hot over in the UK either. As far as I can tell,
- while alt.sex*, alt.psychoactives, alt.drugs, etc aren't actually banned
- the authority that lets NetNews into the UK simply removes everything not
- cross-posted to an uncensored group (this is actually one of the reasons
- why I have a Nyx account]. Any folks from the UK know a) who is responsible
- for this, b) why they do it and c) what if anything we could do to get them
- to lighten up. Then again, the UK is one of the most heavily censored
- countries in the "free world" anyway. Sigh
-
- Phil
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