Alexandre Polozoff - Censorship of the Net

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Preface

Censorhip of the net. As the content provider of a website on the internet, I always thought I was pretty immune from censorship issues. My site contains no questionable nor unsubstantiated facts that may fall under the censorship umbrella.

Generally, I provide textual materials that fall into the realm of travel guides, technical information ( TMN/CMIP, Network Early Warning System, MTU ) and in some cases my personal opinion about events that transpire around me ( Public sector strikes of France (1995) ).

My website receives over 2,000 hits per month and that number increases with each month.

The Blue Ribbon Campaign

In the past, the blue ribbon campaign for freedom of speech on the Internet has been nothing more than of passing interest to me. At a purely intellectual level I never foresaw that any of the web pages on my site could, or would, become an issue for censorship. Additionally, since I have no interest in providing content of a questionable nature, this seems to be a rather academic problem for me.

But it is not that simple.

The Censors

Now one or more of my web pages may fall under the censor's finger and be wisked into the nothingness of cyberspace.

... more to come ...

Sorry, but I can not elaborate at this time. Please bear with me. I will make more information available as, if and when possible.

Support

Please support the Electronic Frontier Foundation in their efforts to protect our freedom of speech on the internet. Otherwise web pages, such as those you find here on my web site could become an endangered species.