A Thousand Points of Darkness: Electronic Mobilization and the Case of the Communications Decency Ac

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A Thousand Points of Darkness Electronic
Mobilization and the Case of the Communications
Decency Act Leslie A. Pal
video clip
internet link
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new forms of democracy
new forms of communication
ability to connect
directly engaged
mobilization of interest groups
EMPOWER
DEINSTITUTE
local democratic practices
interact
consolidate
access information
global social movement
CDA
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ISP responsibility
foreign telecommunications
interstate
control obscene transmission over
telecommunications system
CDA
Communications Decency Act
mobilization strategy
individuals as information brokers
how control?
WHY?
WHO?
STRATEGIES?
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End
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challenge to internet communities self-image
new mode of social communicative action
WHY?
free speech
internet as broadcasting
united corporate interests people
privacy issue
CANT USE OLD LAWS!
NEED NEW LAWS
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Microsoft
ACLU
Netizens
formidable alliances
WHO?
real virtual organizations
conversation among converted?
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target interests
immediate
easier mobilization
reduces barriers
internet as extension
internet as sui generis
STRATEGIES?
distinct
conventional
dissemination of info
provide links
help rally coordinate action
online demonstration
distribute responsibility
online registration recruitment
letter writing