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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: September 26, 2002 University bans 'illegal' links -- "The University of California at San Diego has ordered a student organization to delete hyperlinks to an alleged terrorist Web site, citing the recently enacted USA Patriot Act." (Jack asks: Read the regulations. Is a web site 'communications equipment?' Is a link to a web site 'communications equipment?' Are we perhaps looking at some hot-headed university administrators? Dang, /. got the link first, but we'd rather discuss the issue here, right?)
Reader Comments...
I can understand why the University acted this way if the web site was set up by students and resides on the university's servers. It's a reaction to the patriotic hysteria that pops up in weird places and it is easier for the Govt to crack down on a university than 5 students. Seems the Act will be used as a censoring vehicle for a lot of things. Can anyone one say.... Chinese Censorship Authority.
The recent case of Think of the Children, a satire on mob culture, shows how spineless hosting firms can be when faced with mild official disapproval (although the site's owner is now probably revelling in the attention this is getting).
University Officilas have always been dim witted and slow.. remember when the edu licensed Netsacpe version 1 came out? It took most universites 5 months to get someone who woudl read the license to realize that they coudl have the netscape browsers on pcs.. Posted by: Fred Grott on September 27, 2002 11:07 PM
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