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1 <!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> 2 <!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 --> 3 <!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> 4 <!--#set var="TAGS" value="essays cultural evils" --> 5 <!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" --> 6 <title>Freedom of Speech, Press and Association on the Internet 7 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> 8 <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/basic-freedoms.translist" --> 9 <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> 10 <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/ph-breadcrumb.html" --> 11 <!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE--> 12 <!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" --> 13 <div class="article reduced-width"> 14 <h2>Freedom of Speech, Press, and Association on the Internet</h2> 15 <div class="thin"></div> 16 <p> 17 The Free Software Foundation supports the freedoms of speech, press, and 18 association on the Internet. Please check out: 19 </p> 20 21 <ul> 22 <li>The <a 23 href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990424100121/http://www.ciec.org/">Citizens 24 Internet Empowerment Coalition</a> at the Wayback Machine (archived April 25 24, 1999) came together to oppose Congress' first attempt to regulate 26 material published on the Internet, the Communications Decency Act, which 27 the U.S. Supreme Court found unconstitutional on June 26, 1997. Their site 28 is being preserved as a resource on the landmark CDA case.</li> 29 30 <li><!-- activating this link… site is archived as of July 09, 1998 --> 31 The <a 32 href="https://web.archive.org/web/19980709161803/http://vtw.org/">Voters 33 Telecommunications Watch</a> at the Wayback Machine (archived July 09, 34 1998) and their excellent announcement electronic mailing list.</li> 35 36 <li> 37 <a href="/philosophy/censoring-emacs.html">Censoring GNU Emacs</a> 38 describes how the Communications Decency Act required the GNU 39 Project to censor GNU Emacs—and how this paradoxically had 40 the opposite of the effect that the censors wanted. 41 </li> 42 43 <li> 44 <a href="https://www.factnetglobal.org/">F.A.C.T.Net Inc.</a> 45 is a non-profit Internet digest, news service, library, dialogue 46 center, and archive dedicated to the promotion and defense of 47 international free thought, free speech, and privacy rights. 48 </li> 49 50 <li> 51 The <a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/blue-ribbon-campaign">Blue Ribbon Campaign</a> 52 for Online Freedom of Speech, Press and Association. 53 </li> 54 55 <li><!-- activating this link… site is archived as of December 01, 2001 --> 56 You can read <a 57 href="https://web.archive.org/web/20011201050533/http://www.vtw.org/speech/">the 58 June 1996 appeals court decision</a> at the Wayback Machine (archived 59 December 01, 2001) rejecting censorship of the Internet. But remember, this 60 decision is <em>not</em> final! First, the Supreme Court will agree or 61 disagree; then Congress gets a chance to look for another method of 62 censorship.</li> 63 64 <li><a href="/philosophy/savingeurope.html">Saving Europe from Software Patents</a></li> 65 66 <li> 67 <a href="/links/links.html#FreedomOrganizations">Organizations</a> 68 that work for freedom in computer development and electronic 69 communications. 70 </li> 71 </ul> 72 </div> 73 74 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> 75 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> 76 <div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> 77 <div class="unprintable"> 78 79 <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a 80 href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. There are also <a 81 href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> the FSF. 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