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[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                 AFA Continues to Demand Smut Investigations                 [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mIt's refreshing to detect the note of frustration that runs through the      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mlatest press release from the American Family Association...                 [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mIt seems the AFA is unaccustomed to having folks in Washington rebuff its    [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41malarmist cries to "protect the children" by censoring free speech.           [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mBut indeed, that seems to be the case.  The Columbus Dispatch recently       [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mreported that the FBI *will not* launch an investigation of CompuServe       [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mfollowing the AFA's accusations that the service is "making pornography      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mavailable to children."                                                      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mOf course, ol' Pat Trueman isn't giving up without a fight.  Having been     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mthwarted by the FBI, he's now whining to Janet Reno and some members of      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mCongress that not enough is being done to uphold his cherished               [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mCommunications Decency Act.                                                  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mOther highlights:                                                            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m-- The AFA asserts that, "The fact that CompuServe allows parents to block   [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mpornography is not sufficient to block liability under the Communications    [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mDecency Act."  No doubt the judges in Philadelphia would be interested to    [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mhear this.                                                                   [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m-- Trueman's absurd claim is that "children have unlimited access to         [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mpornography on CompuServe."                                                  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m-- My personal favorite: "It does no good for Congress to pass laws to       [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mprotect children if the FBI is unwilling to enforce them... I hope you will  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mnot stand by while the FBI guts the recently passed Communications Decency   [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mAct through it's refusal to do it's job."                                    [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mThe full text of Trueman's fulmination follows below.                        [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mWork the network!                                                            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m--Todd Lappin-->                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mSection Editor                                                               [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mWIRED Magazine                                                               [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m========================================================                     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mAmerican Family Association                                                  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mWashington, D.C. Office                                                      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mPRESS RELEASE                                                                [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mContact: Patrick A. Trueman                                                  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m(202) 544-0061                                                               [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mFor Immediate Release               Thursday May 9, 1996                     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mThe American Family Association is pressing its complaint against            [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mCompuServe for making pornography available to children, despite comments    [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mby the FBI in today's Columbus Dispatch that it will not initiate an         [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41minvestigation.  In a letter today to Janet Reno, AFA Director of             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mGovernmental Affairs Patrick Trueman said, "If CompuServe's actions, in      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mproviding pornography to children, is not a violation of the Communications  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mDecency Act, then what it?"  Trueman asked Attorney General Reno to          [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mpersonally review AFA's complaint against CompuServe.  "Making pornography   [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mavailable to children, as CompuServe has done, is exactly what the CDA was   [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mdesigned to prevent."                                                        [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m"The fact that CompuServe allows parents to block pornography is not         [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41msufficient to block liability under the Communications Decency Act,"         [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mTrueman said.  Congress anticipated that on-line companies would block out   [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mall pornography that they may provide to their users on their service        [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41munless an adult specifically requests it.  CompuServe has turned the law on  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mits head, by providing pornography to all its users, including children,     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mclaiming that it should be the parents' responsibility to block out such     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mmaterial.  By CompuServe's own figures, far less than 1% of parents have     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41minitiated parental controls (only .128%).  Trueman suggests that this is     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mlikely because few parents are aware that their children have unlimited      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41maccess to pornography on CompuServe.                                         [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mAFA is also contacting congressional sponsors of the Communications Decency  [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mAct to alert them to the FBI's refusal to pursue the CompuServe matter.      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m"It does no good for Congress to pass laws to protect children is the FBI    [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mis unwilling to enforce them," Trueman said in his letter to Members of      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mCongress.  "I hope you will not stand by while the FBI guts the recently     [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mpassed Communications Decency Act through it's refusal to do it's job."      [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m###                                                                          [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
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[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m        THE CDA INFORMATION NETWORK                                          [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mThe CDA Information Network is a moderated distribution list providing       [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mup-to-the-minute bulletins and background on efforts to overturn the         [1m[37;41m[40m
[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41mCommunications Decency Act.  To subscribe, send email to                     [1m[37;41m[40m
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[1m[37;41m[1m[37;41m                                                                             [1m[37;41m[40m
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