Because pornography is defined differently in different countries, passage of the Exon plan would mean that conservative parts of the country would become “Internet police.”
Predictor: Rotenberg, Marc
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in CQ Researcher, Charles Clark quotes Marc Rotenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center talking about the government’s attempts to patrol pornography on the Internet. Clark writes: ”Because pornography is defined differently in different countries, passage of the Exon plan would mean that conservative parts of the country would become ‘Internet police,’ argues Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Center, adding that museums would be afraid to reproduce many classic paintings or books on the Internet.”
Biography:Marc Rotenberg, was founder and director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), in the 1990s. He won an EFF Pioneer Award in 1997 for his work as a “champion of privacy, human rights and civil liberties on the electronic frontier.” He targeted the impact of computer and telecommunications technologies on freedom and privacy and was an active writer and speaker on associated topics. (Advocate/Voice of the People.)
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Pornography
Name of publication: CQ Researcher
Title, headline, chapter name: Regulating the Internet
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/search.php
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