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ORIGINAL: MasterZChicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom

Contact:
Susan Wright, NCSF Spokesperson
(917) 848-6544


NCSF Supports Google's Refusal to Violate Internet Privacy

On January 20, 2006, the U.S. Justice Department subpoenaed Google to compel the
Internet search engine to turn over records on millions of its users' search
queries. NCSF believes that Internet users have the right to an expectation of
privacy in their web use, and supports Google's refusal to comply with the subpoena.

Google has stated that the government's request could expose identifying
information about its users, as well as being unnecessary, overly broad, and
onerous to comply with. The subpoena also requests a random list of a million Web
addresses in Google's index. If the disclosed search logs show evidence of criminal
activity, prosecutors could return with a second subpoena to demand the
identification of one or more Internet addresses linked with those search terms.

The government has requested the data to establish a profile of Internet use to
help defend the controversial 1998 Child Online Protection Act. Under COPA, website
operators face criminal charges for publishing sexually explicit material that may
be considered "harmful" to minors, unless they have a way of verifying that viewers
are over 17.

Though Google might be criticized for their business practices in China, where they
have filtered keywords like "human rights" and "democracy" out of their search-
engine results, in this case NCSF calls for support for Google in their opposition
against the U.S. government's subpoena for search queries.

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A Project of NCSF

The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to
creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that
advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual
expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-
leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination
because of their sexual expression.

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127
Baltimore, MD 21202-3707
410-539-4824
[email protected]
www.ncsfreedom.org



POSTED BY:
Master Z
http://www.masterzchicago.com/bio1.html

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
Coalition Partner Representative
http://www.ncsfreedom.org/

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ORIGINAL: LadyShoshin

YAY for Google!!! Finally someone who doesn't bend over and take it up the ass for the US Justice Department.

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ORIGINAL: truesub4u

HOT DAMN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree.. about sometime someone tells these fuckers that eaves dropping has got to stop!!!!

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ORIGINAL: NavyDDG54

While I disagree with the eavesdropping everyone is acting like domestic eavesdropping is a Bush invention, it's not. the US, UK, Australia, and just about every other country in the world does it. Dont single out Bush for something everyone does.

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ORIGINAL: JohnWarren

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ORIGINAL: NavyDDG54

While I disagree with the eavesdropping everyone is acting like domestic eavesdropping is a Bush invention, it's not. the US, UK, Australia, and just about every other country in the world does it. Dont single out Bush for something everyone does.

Other countries don't always have constitutions (a promise made by the government to the people.)

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ORIGINAL: truesub4u
Russia now has more freedom... rights.. privacy... than the USA... and it's people are the only ones to blame... because they sit back and allow their right to be taken from them. Untill they want to stand up for them.. and can't figure out where they are when they need them.

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"To learn the art of submission a slave must first give up the desires that drew him to submission in the first place." Mistress Jasmyn Jan 2005.

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ORIGINAL: wetrope

I cant agree with the thread here, particularly when what we are realy talking about is abuse of children. I have no problem with consenting adults getting involved in whatever they like, but how can anyone think that it is alright to even use the words "sexual freedom" when a child in involved. Maybe you need to know how important children are, how vulnerable they are, how they are not able to make choices that affect their whole lives. Maybe you should look at those abused before making such statemnts about "sexual freedom". I have and there are too many shattered lives. This is where I get off the bus!!

And Google to allow the kind of government censorship in China, no use of freedom here of any kind, and yet come out on this side of the issue, well it goes to show how unpricipled they are.

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ORIGINAL: truesub4u
Wolffeathers... I agree with some reasons behind this.. not all. Being a mother, I would like to know that all predifiles and molesters are being monitored... hell screw the monitoring.. string the bastards up by their balls... (or tits depending on gender here... ).. but grrrr they too have rights. More so than the victims. I believe what google did was right on the money. Now if F B I comes up and says, we have proof and need this information... and they actually do.. I say go for it.. give them all they need and want....but because they suspect.... have reson to believe.. bullshit... Next thing you know.. they're knocking on your door.. because they suspect.. have reason to believe.. but have no proof.. of a damn thing. Come to think of it.. they do that shit now anyways..

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ORIGINAL: Jasmyn

Move across the ditch ;)

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ORIGINAL: JohnWarren


History has shown that rights are won hard, lost easily and regained rarely. Sadly, we are discovering this all over again

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ORIGINAL: wetrope

I cant agree with the thread here, particularly when what we are realy talking about is abuse of children. I have no problem with consenting adults getting involved in whatever they like, but how can anyone think that it is alright to even use the words "sexual freedom" when a child in involved.