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- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
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<h2>Freedom of Speech, Press, and Association on the Internet</h2>
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The Free Software Foundation supports the freedoms of speech, press, and
association on the Internet. Please check out:
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<li>The <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990424100121/http://www.ciec.org/">Citizens
Internet Empowerment Coalition</a> at the Wayback Machine (archived April
24, 1999) came together to oppose Congress' first attempt to regulate
material published on the Internet, the Communications Decency Act, which
the U.S. Supreme Court found unconstitutional on June 26, 1997. Their site
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The <a
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Telecommunications Watch</a> at the Wayback Machine (archived July 09,
1998) and their excellent announcement electronic mailing list.</li>
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<a href="/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html">Censoring GNU Emacs</a>
describes how the Communications Decency Act required the GNU
Project to censor GNU Emacs—and how this paradoxically had
the opposite of the effect that the censors wanted.
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<a href="https://www.factnetglobal.org/">F.A.C.T.Net Inc.</a>
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center, and archive dedicated to the promotion and defense of
international free thought, free speech, and privacy rights.
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The <a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/blue-ribbon-campaign">Blue Ribbon Campaign</a>
for Online Freedom of Speech, Press and Association.
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You can read <a
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June 1996 appeals court decision</a> at the Wayback Machine (archived
December 01, 2001) rejecting censorship of the Internet. But remember, this
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<li><a href="/philosophy/savingeurope.html">Saving Europe from Software Patents</a></li>
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that work for freedom in computer development and electronic
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