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...Chana Schoenberger and the Crimson reported that the Digitas website, Course Decision Assistant 2.0 (CDA), has drawn "CUE Fire." The article needlessly sensationalizes the situation and misrepresents both the content of the CDA and the intentions of Digitas...
First, we address the incorrect facts used in the article. Schoenberger reports that 4,100 computers have accessed CDA since January 19th. In fact, only 1,400 computers have done so. Also, student CUE member James Grimmelmann is described in the article as being affiliated with Digitas. In fact, although both the president and technical director of Digitas know Grimmelman personally, no official affiliation exists, as he is not a member...
...days to decide whether to ask the Supreme Court to review the case. While a Justice Department spokesman was noncommittal last week, lawyers for the government said from the outset that they would appeal an adverse decision to the highest court. Which is where proponents of the CDA say the case belongs. "We wrote this law based on previous Supreme Court decisions that have a lot of merit, so it will be looked on very carefully," says Senator J. James Exon, who introduced the original bill and believes, despite last week's rebuke, that it will be sustained...
...proponents of the CDA are fueled by outrage that hard-core pornography can be found on a computer network to which children have access. "We're talking about material going into the hands of young people whose lives can be permanently altered," says Mike Russell, spokesman for the Christian Coalition, which campaigned hard to get Congress to do something about...
...contrast between the court's view of the Net and the impression given by the lawmakers who passed the CDA was striking. The difference, says Bruce Ennis, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, was that the judges "did their homework" in a way that Congress did not. "We made a mistake," admits Republican Congressman Rick White of Washington, who originally supported the CDA, then fought to have the indecency language removed. "The reason we got it wrong this time is that Congress does not understand the Internet...