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Is there too much free speech online?

As always, your responses are anonymous, and are published in aggregate form only. (See this month's report on PC connectivity for an example.)

Put on your legal thinking cap, answer the following questions, then select Submit Form.

  1. Have you seen racist or extremist Web pages?
    Yes No

  2. Have you seen racist or extremist Usenet postings?
    Yes No

  3. Have you created racist or extremist Usenet postings or Web pages?
    Yes No

  4. Regarding Usenet...
    • Should organizations (universities, Internet access providers, and large corporations) hosting Usenet news servers be held responsible for the Usenet content available on their servers?
      Yes No

    • Should organizations hosting Usenet news servers filter or otherwise censor Usenet groups known to carry content that it considers objectionable?
      Yes No

    • Should organizations hosting Usenet news servers allow only adults to access its servers?
      Yes No

    • What action should an organization hosting a Usenet news server take when a member, customer, or employee objects to a specific message?
      Remove the message Leave the message alone
      Appoint a committee to decide

    • What action should an organization hosting a Usenet news server take when a member, customer, or employee objects to a Usenet newsgroup?
      Remove the message Leave the message alone
      Appoint a committee to decide

  5. Regarding the World Wide Web...
    • Should an Internet access provider be held responsible for the Web content available on its servers?
      Yes No

    • Should an Internet access provider censor Web pages it considers objectionable?
      Yes No

    • Should an Internet access provider allow only adults to access its servers?
      Yes No

    • What action should an Internet access provider take when a private individual objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

    • What action should an Internet access provider take when a local government or law enforcement agency objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

    • What action should an Internet access provider take when an overseas government or law enforcement agency objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

    • Should a college or university be held responsible for the Web content (produced by students or faculty) available on its servers?
      Yes No

    • Should an college or university censor Web pages produced by students or faculty it considers objectionable?
      Yes No

    • Should an college or university allow only adults to access its servers?
      Yes No

    • What action should a college or university take when a private individual objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

    • What action should a college or university take when a local government or law enforcement agency objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

    • What action should a college or university take when an overseas government or law enforcement agency objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

    • Should a corporation (e.g., General Motors, IBM, or Coca Cola) be held responsible for the Web content (produced by employees) available on its servers?
      Yes No

    • Should a corporation censor Web pages produced by employees it considers objectionable?
      Yes No

    • Should a corporation allow only adults to access its servers?
      Yes No

    • What action should a corporation take when a private individual objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

    • What action should a corporation take when a local government or law enforcement agency objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

    • What action should a corporation take when an overseas government or law enforcement agency objects to a Web page on its servers?
      Remove the Web page Modify/censor the Web page
      Create a warning or disclaimer for the page Leave the page alone

  6. If you selected "Modify/censor the Web page" for any of your answers, how should the page(s) be modified?

  7. The U.S. Supreme Court's ruled that community standards should apply when deciding if material is pornographic. What is the Internet's "community"?

    Please select one of the buttons below and watch for an upcoming story based on the aggregate results of this survey. Thank you!

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