[The Communications Decency Act] will create the biggest law-enforcement morass since Prohibition.
Predictor: Glaser, Rob
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in The Seattle Times, reporter Paul Andrews shares reactions to the Communications Decency Act, quoting Rob Glaser. Andrews writes: ”Rob Glaser, founder of Seattle-based Progressive Networks and a board member of the cyber-rights Electronic Frontier Foundation, is working with Microsoft, Netscape and more than 40 other companies to build software that would have built-in filtering mechanisms to block access to certain materials available through the Internet. But proponents of [the Communications Decency Act], such as the Family Resource Council, argue that computer-savvy kids can find ways around such programs. Glaser counters that ‘this (legislation) will create the biggest law-enforcement morass since Prohibition. Parents have the right to steer their children clear of offensive material. But there are far more effective ways (than legislation) to do so. This law would not do the things its advocates say they care about,’ said Glaser.”
Date of prediction: December 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Censorship/Free Speech
Name of publication: Seattle Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Will Censorship Muffle Internet?
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=b2a7108a4ff67317508ab7004eee60cf&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlAl&_md5=7efcd28e70beb72b134999f8ca3aeb91
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