[The Exon proposal] puts the entire Internet community at an absolute Rubicon in terms of how the Internet will be treated. Will it be like dial-a-porn regulation or [looser], like print models? It’s a long-term issue.
Predictor: Weitzner, Daniel J.
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in CQ Researcher, Charles Clark quotes Daniel Weitzner, deputy director of the Center for Technology and Democracy talking about the government’s attempts to patrol pornography on the Internet. Clark writes: ”Weitzner …. says the Exon proposal ‘puts the entire Internet community at an absolute Rubicon in terms of how the Internet will be treated. Will it be like dial-a-porn regulation or [looser], like print models? It’s a long-term issue.'”
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: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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