(Introduction from moderator: this letter has been making the rounds on the Net, dashing the illusions of those who thought the White House might harbor secret sympathies with anti-censorship Net users.--Andy) THE WHITE HOUSE Washington February 28, 1996 Senator Jim Exon United States Senate Washington D.C. 20510-2702 Dear Senator Exon: Thank you for your recent letter to the President concerning the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996. The President has asked me to respond on his behalf. On February 8, 1996,, the President was pleased to be able to sign the historic Telecommunications Reform Act into law. I know that the President was equally pleased that you were able to participate in the event. Your letter also referred to Title V of the Telecommunications Reform Act, otherwise known as the Communications Decency Act. As you know, the President is committed to defending efforts to protect children from harmful material whether it is targeted at them via the computer or other media. Accordingly, the President firmly supports the Communications Decency Act. As you accurately predicted, various challenges to the Communications Decency Act have been filed. The Department of Justice is vigorously defending the Act against these challenges as a proper and narrowly tailored exercise of Congress' power to regulate the exposure of children to computer pornography. Again, thank you for your letter and for you expression of support for our endeavors to defend the Communications Decency Act. Sincerely, Jack Quinn Counsel to the President ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
