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Terrorist/Bomb Making Material

on the Internet

Should it be Available?

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Members: Censorship Group

• evin !"ler 

• #anuar" Tavel

• Christina $u"nh

• Andrea S%i&t

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Censorship Issues in $istori' and

Modern Times

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Censorship and the

(irst Amendment• Censorship violates the 'on'epts o& &reedom

o& e)pression

• *rinter #ohn +enger, publisher o& the -e%.ork !eekl" ournal

0most &amous 'ase

0trial 'reated an Ameri'an 'ulturalsentiment, %hi'h opposed this kind o&government 'ensorship

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1arl" .ears vs -o%

Early Years

• 2345, the (irst Amendment

o& the Constitution is

&ormed

0%as %ritten vaguel"

0Supreme Court has

interpreted it 6s meaning

on a 'ase0b"0'ase basis

0!hat is the right?

  27 8to sa" or publish %hat the" %ish9

  7 8it is the prote'tion o& the publi';s

right to kno%, or so'iet";s right to be

in&ormed9 <*ember =7

0there are limitations

  Now

• television, radio, internete)ist

• Sometimes, 'ensorship is

in&luen'ed b" the kind o&medium the message istransmitted <*ember 257

• Issues %ith Internet are:se)uall" e)pli'it,

 pornographi' and obs'eneor violent 'ontent, hatespee'h, and terrorist spee'h,et'>

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egislation and Terrorist Spee'h

Issues8The Internet and other intera'tive 'omputer

servi'es o&&er a &orum &or a true diversit" o&

 politi'al dis'ourse, uni@ue opportunities &or'ultural development, and m"riad avenues &or

intelle'tual a'tivit"9

  <Title II o& the Communi'ations A't o& 24=7

the %riters o& this pie'e o& legislation probabl" had

no idea that obtaining kno%ledge o& ho% to make a

 bomb %ould be a part o& that intelle'tual a'itvit"

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Introdu'tion

!e %ill e)plore the terrorist spee'h on the

Internet, related legislation and government

a'tivit", and the arguments &or and against'ensorship o& terrorist spee'h online

(or the purposes o& our dis'ussion o&

'ensorship, it %ill be important to 'onsiderterrorism in the in&ormation and

'ommuni'ation 'onte)t onl"

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1*IC• The 1le'troni' *riva'" In&ormation Centre

opposes the Communi'ations De'en'" A't,%hi'h %as adopted b" the Senate

Commer'e Committee on Mar'h =, 244E• Does limiting the in&ormation that one 'a

attain on the internet invade their priva'"?

• The" believe that it is un'onstitutionalrestri'tion on &ree e)pression, personal priva'", and intelle'tual &reedom

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Fklahoma Cit" Bombing

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Amendments

• The iolent and Hepeat#uvenile F&&enderA''ountabilit" and

Hehabilitation A't o& 24440*assed b" the Senate onMa" 5, 2444

0He@uires Internet Servi'e

*roviders 8to provideresidential 'ustomers %ith'omputer so&t%are or other&iltering or blo'king s"stemthat allo%s the 'ustomer to

 prevent a''ess o& minors tomaterial on the Internet

• Criminal *rohibition on

Distributing o& 'ertain

In&ormation relating to

1)plosives, Destru'tive

Devi'es,and !eapons o&

Mass Destru'tion

0makes it a 'rime to tea'h

or demonstrate the makingo& an e)plosive devi'e on

the Internet

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The iolent and Hepeat #uvenile

F&&ender A''ountabilit" and

Hehabilitation A't o& 2444

• *assed b" the Senate on Ma" 5, 2444

• He@uires Internet Servi'e *roviders 8to provide residential 'ustomers %ith

'omputer so&t%are or other &iltering or

 blo'king s"stem that allo%s the 'ustomer to prevent a''ess o& minors to material on the

Internet

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*ro0'ensorship Argument

• (BI;s de&inition o& terrorism 8the unla%&ul

use o& &or'e or violen'e against persons or

 propert" to intimidate or 'oer'e agovernment, the 'ivilian population, or an"

segment thereo&,in &urtheran'e o& politi'al

or so'ial obe'tives9 <%hether o&&line oronline7

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!h" is in&ormation about Bombs

available?

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Senator Dianne (einstein;s ie%

• Believes 2st Amendment prote'tions should not be

e)tending to the kind o& in&ormation that is easil"

available on the Internet and tea'hes people ho%to build bombs that kill

• A''ording to her the government should have the

right to prevent people &rom endangering publi'

sa&et", and to prote't national se'urit" b"restri'ting a''ess to su'h in&ormation

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Supreme Court

De'isions• 244J, *aladian

1nterprises, I-C

0%as 'ited in the%rong&ul death suit &or

 publishing 8$it Man:

A Te'hni'al Manual

&or IndependentContra'tors9

• 244, !orld Trade Center bombing

0testimon" be&ore

Congress in (eb 555,(BI Dire'tor ouis (ree'hsaid 8'onvi'ted terroristHamKi .ouse&0 tradeddetailed plans to destro"Lnited States; airliners%ith other terrorist overthe Internet

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The iolent and Hepeat #uvenile

F&&ender A''ountabilit" and

Hehabilitation A't o& 2444

• *assed b" the Senate on Ma" 5, 2444

• He@uires Internet Servi'e *roviders 8to provide residential 'ustomers %ith

'omputer so&t%are or other &iltering or

 blo'king s"stem that allo%s the 'ustomer to prevent a''ess o& minors to material on the

Internet

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Anti0'ensorship Argument

8Congress shall make no la%> abridging

the &reedom o& spee'h, or o& the press, or o&

the people pea'eabl" to assemble, and to petition the Government &or a redress o&

grievan'es9 <LS Constitution7

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*ros Cons

• Constitution;s &ramers believed that

&reedom o& in@uir" and libert" o& e)pression

%ere the hallmarks o& a demo'rati' so'iet"

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Mar'h 4, 552

• The 4th LS Court o& Appeals overturned an Fregon'ourt;s ruling that order anti0abortion a'tivists %ho'reated a %ebsite, %hi'h provides the names o&addresses o& abortion do'tors to pa" N253 millionin damages to *lanned *arenthood and &our do'tors

0'riti's 8domesti' terrorism and deadl" threats9

  0anti0abortionists argue 8nothing in their materialsspe'i&i'all" advo'ated violen'e against abortion providers9

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Con'lusion

• Lltimatel", 'ensorship o& an" kind is a 'omple)

issue in %hi'h 'onsideration o& both individual

(irst Amendment rights and national interestsmust be 'onsidered !e 'an see b" e)amining the

'ourt de'isions regarding terrorist spee'h online

and o&&line, that the 'ir'umstan'es o& ea'h 'ase

 pla" a role in determining the 'ourt;s ruling andthat de'isions spe'i&i'all" appl"ing to Internet

issues have "et to be set

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