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So, why can't we just shut down Hamas, Hezbullah, al-Qaeda, and all the other terrorist orgs. operating openly using American ISPs?
1 posted on 10/23/2004 10:54:53 PM PDT by JohnathanRGalt
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2 posted on 10/23/2004 10:56:25 PM PDT by JohnathanRGalt (---- Fight Islamist CyberTerror at: http://haganah.org.il/haganah/ ----)
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So, why can't we just shut down Hamas, Hezbullah, al-Qaeda, and all the other terrorist orgs. operating openly using American ISPs?

Because ISPs are not regulated by any federal agency. The Internet is still in its Wild West phase (and I hope it remains that way).

ISPs have Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs). Sites can only be legally terminated (per contractual agreement) when they violate those AUPs. If someone's on there spouting anti-American bullcrap, that's not grounds for site termination.

I'm not wild about the current arrangement, but consider how screwed up it'd be if we actually started shutting down sites based on errant content. You can bet your butt that the Leftists' first order would be to shut down Free Republic based on a few errant posts.

3 posted on 10/23/2004 10:58:37 PM PDT by Prime Choice (The Leftists think they can tax us into "prosperity" and regulate us into "liberty.")
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We can.

The one big exception to the 1st Amentment protections of "free speech" has to do with advocation and/or encouragement of illegal activity.

NAMBLA has already been slapped down once for their "speech" regarding recruitment of young boys into butt-banditry.


4 posted on 10/23/2004 10:59:00 PM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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5 posted on 10/23/2004 10:59:05 PM PDT by Cindy
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We certainly can, and if not legally it could be done covertly. My guess is that we let them do their thing and try to gather intelligence from it. Same reason the Brits didn't stop Lord Haw Haw, or the Germans the BBC transmissions to France.


7 posted on 10/23/2004 11:00:17 PM PDT by ProudVet77 (Flush John 'Fonda' Kerry)
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9 posted on 10/23/2004 11:42:17 PM PDT by Cindy
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