I'm not quite sure from the press release as to
just how much these two ISPs will be killing off.

In the last iteration, some ISPs dropped _all_ usenet
groups while others kept the "big eight". Mix, match,
rinse, lather, repeat. Which might have some consequences
for alt.obituaries...

(slightly reformatted)

"NEW YORK, NY (July 10, 2008) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo
today announced a major development in his office's ongoing
campaign to combat online child pornography.  AT&T, the nation's
largest Internet Service Provider, and AOL, the nation's third
largest, have both agreed to purge their servers of child porn
websites.  They will also eliminate access to child porn Newsgroups,
a major supplier of illegal images.

"Today's announcement comes on the heels of similar agreements
with Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable, which were announced
by Cuomo last month.

"In addition, Cuomo today unveiled a new website,
        www.nystopchildporn.com, dedicated to fighting online child
pornography.  The website
provides details on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
have signed agreements with the Attorney General's office to
eradicate access to child porn on their servers.  It also
provides consumers with information on how to contact ISPs
that have failed to make the same commitment to stop child porn.

"Cuomo urged consumers across the state to check whether their
Internet Service Providers have signed the code of conduct and
to demand that they do so if they have not..."

rest:
        http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2008/july/july10a_08.html

danny burstein filted:

In a sweeping initiative aimed at stopping the creation and dissemination of
pornographic literature, Cuomo today announced strict controls on the use of
vowels..."there isn't one dirty word that doesn't have at least one vowel in
it", Cuomo said, "some even have as many as three or four!"...r

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Terry del Fuego filted:

I *knew* there had to be more going on over there than "you've got mail!"...r

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On Jul 10, 9:22 pm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:

AOL dropped newsgroups a few years ago.

: I'm not quite sure from the press release as to
: just how much these two ISPs will be killing off.
:
: In the last iteration, some ISPs dropped _all_ usenet
: groups while others kept the "big eight". Mix, match,
: rinse, lather, repeat. Which might have some consequences
: for alt.obituaries...
:
: (slightly reformatted)
:
: "NEW YORK, NY (July 10, 2008) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo
: today announced a major development in his office's ongoing
: campaign to combat online child pornography.  AT&T, the nation's
: largest Internet Service Provider, and AOL, the nation's third
: largest, have both agreed to purge their servers of child porn
: websites.  They will also eliminate access to child porn Newsgroups,
: a major supplier of illegal images.
:
: "Today's announcement comes on the heels of similar agreements
: with Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable, which were announced
: by Cuomo last month.
:
: "In addition, Cuomo today unveiled a new website,
:        www.nystopchildporn.com, dedicated to fighting online child
: pornography.  The website
: provides details on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
: have signed agreements with the Attorney General's office to
: eradicate access to child porn on their servers.  It also
: provides consumers with information on how to contact ISPs
: that have failed to make the same commitment to stop child porn.
:
: "Cuomo urged consumers across the state to check whether their
: Internet Service Providers have signed the code of conduct and
: to demand that they do so if they have not..."

How about consumers complaining to the OAG about being denied
access to newsgroups by ISPs claiming to offer full access to
the Internet?

How about complaining about unconstitutional interference with
the right to DISCUSS child porn and the issues pertaining to it?

: rest:
:        http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2008/july/july10a_08.html

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