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Self-Censoring Software
    Yes, that wonderful software touted as the answer to government censorship by all the well meaning moguls of the political world. Is it as good as they say? Not according to Peacefire, a student run anti-censorship movement. Bennett Haselton, founder of Peacefire, asserts that Solid Oak - the people who make CYBERsitter, one of the leading censoring products on the market - lets its political opinions shape its lists of censored sites, even going so far as to threaten Peacefire with a lawsuit, menace its service provider, and block access to the site itself, after it published an article opposing CYBERsitter. This means that those families and organizations utilizing CYBERsitter can no longer view the site. Other sites blocked are listed below.
    Very helpfully, Solid Oak do not publish or make available a list of those sites its software blocks. Neither does it provide any means of altering those lists to parents - it can be added to, but not taken from. Also blocked are those sites offering information on sexuality, safe sex, gay and lesbian issues, and as previously stated, those with political opinions which differ from those of the Solid Oak software company.

Peacefire
    Peacefire was started by Bennett Haselton, and is a mainly student-run organization which promotes free speech. To join is free, but for full membership you should be under 18. Adults are given an associated membership. Was started to represent the thoughts, feelings, and wishes of students on the net. Home of CRADLE - the Cyber Rights And Digital Liberties Encyclopaedia.

EFF - The Electronic Frontier Foundation
    EFF is the accepted centre of free speech on the net. Home of the Blue Ribbon campaign, here is found some of the most up to date info out there about the cause. Its main goal is to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources and information online.

Sites currently or previously blocked by CYBERsitter, Cyber Patrol, and Net Nanny

Web Sites

www.now.org - National Organization for Women. Supposedly blocked because it provides access to hardcore gay and lesbian porn by links through links. Lame excuse.

www.hotwired.com - Web site of Hotwired magazine. Carries tech news and info.

www.envirolink.org - Network of pro-environment volunteers.

www.lpf.org - League for Programming Freedom. Programmers organization that opposes censoring software.

Newsgroups

alt.atheism - Discussion of the existence of God, and other religious questions.

alt.feminism - Feminist politics and discussion.

alt.support.eating-disord - Help for those with eating disorders. The entire alt.support hierarchy is blocked.

alt.activism - Online resources and discussion for activists.

alt.politics.homosexual

alt.journalism.gay-press

soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi

View the scare stories posted by Net Nanny on the dark side of the net.

REMEMBER - THE FIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH IS YOUR BATTLE, TOO. EVERY MEMBER OF THE NET COMMUNITY WHO REMAINS SILENT TAKES A BACK SEAT TO THE MOST IMPORTANT RISK TO OUR FREEDOM. WILL THE GOVERNMENT STOP AT THE CENSORSHIP OF ONE MEDIUM? WILL YOU BE ONE OF THE ONES WHO ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO DICTATE OUR LIVES?

How can I help?
    If you visit the peacefire homepage, various ways of helping the cause are offered. One of which is to join a program called PABAC (Page Authors' Benefit Against Censorship) whereby students with knowledge of HTML, or graphics creation can offer their services to businesses in return for donations to Peacefire and the free speech movement. You can also promote free speech on your web page, and increase awareness of the cause amongst your peers. Or simply keep up to date with the situation...knowlege is power, and our knowledge will defeat their ignorance.

Sites which support free speech