Word: censorably
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...general counsel Richard Cotton. "This legislation turns the fcc into Big Brother." Former CBS Broadcast Group president Howard Stringer argues, "The V chip is the thin end of a wedge. If you start putting chips in the television set to exclude things, it becomes an all-purpose hidden censor...
...perhaps the biggest problem is the burden imposed on commercial on-line services. To date, some of these companies have made it their policy to censor themselves to some degree, while others have not. The point is that they had the choice. Now, all on-line services will be forced to assume the unreasonable burden of screening the millions of pages of information they carry each day, lest they somehow allow an indecent message to find its way into the hands of a minor...
...COMPLETELY AGREE WITH JOHN PERRY Barlow's piece, ''Thinking Locally, Acting Globally'' [ESSAY, Jan. 15], criticizing online censorship. CompuServe's decision to censor speech has deprived millions of users. Around the world, homosexuals rely on the banned newsgroups for support and guidance. Many of the other newsgroups discuss adult subjects in a candid manner. In the information age, censorship is not what is required; common sense is. People need to know what is on the Internet and accept its presence. If Germany can censor CompuServe, what will protect other online service providers from facing similar restrictions? MARTY...
...SAYING GOES, FREEDOM OF THE press belongs to the man who owns one. The Internet is our press. And it is the readers who decide what to censor. JOE ORAWCZYK Yermo, California
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CENSOR THE Internet first has to understand this about the world's largest computer network: there are no borders in cyberspace. In order to restrict local access to a picture, story or idea, you have to block it all over the world...