April 26, 2000

4:55 PM

speed limit-- A bill banning Internet sites which publish or even link to drug-making information looks set to sail through Congress
posted by palegirl (3 comments total)

am I the only one who loves the irony of the markup in this paragraph?

That question has drug reformers, civil libertarians, and publishers -- online and off -- frantically networking and packing war chests to stop the meth act or, failing that, to challenge it in court.

... apologies in advance if my blockquote eats this page.
posted by Sapphireblue at 6:31 PM on April 26, 2000

Somebody call the ACLU! "Help, help, I'm being repressed!"
posted by jbushnell at 8:20 PM on April 26, 2000

Exactly how do they plan to enforce this?
Wouldn't people just open up pages on foreign servers?
posted by sonofsamiam at 6:27 AM on April 27, 2000