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Monday, April 7, 2003
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Secret blacklists in Pennsylvania: "Pennsylvania has a law that gives the Pennsylvania Attorney General the power to order an ISP serving Pennsylvania citizens (read: any ISP anywhere) to block a site which the Pennsylvania Attorney General says serves child porn. There is no judicial review of the order, and as no ISP is likely to resist the order, the law results in unreviewed censorship of internet content. According to this report, the AG is now refusing to even reveal the list of sites his secret orders have blocked. [...] If the First Amendment means anything, it must mean that the government can't order the censoring of a publication without any judicial review at all. You might want to tell the Pennsylvania AG what you think. Here's a form." [Lessig Blog]
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Write for you: 'Elizabeth Hall Associates looks to be one of those promising startups that boldly tap into the steadily growing market of sleep-deprived, ambitious students. "We provide a totally secure and confidential customised writing service, copywriting and personal effectiveness skills building. [...] CUSTOMIZED ACADEMIC WORK CANNOT BE DETECTED BY NATIONAL PLAGIARISM DETECTION TOOLS. [...] THIS IS RISK FREE. THIS IS UNDETECTABLE CHEATING."' [Seb's Open Research]
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Worms Wreak Havoc on the Net in '03: "A rash of fast-spreading worms is being blamed for a more than ten-fold increase in the number of security events on the Internet in the first three months of this year. The number of confirmed attacks and incidents was also up 84 percent ..." [Google Technology News]
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