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Privacy Technology : Internet Free Speech : Legislative Documents

Coalition Letter to House Judiciary Chairman Sensenbrenner and Ranking Member Conyers Expressing Concerns and Urging the Committee to Delay the Markup of H.R. 3754, "The Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act" (05/04/2004)

Letter on S. 151, The Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools Against the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (02/05/2003)

Letter to the Senate on S. 151, The Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools Against the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (01/29/2003)

Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S. 2537/H.R. 3833/H.R. 3833, the "Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002" (11/06/2002)

Interested Persons Memo on H.R. 3833, the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 (05/20/2002)

Letter to Reps. Smith and Scott on H.R. 4623, the "Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002" (05/08/2002)

ACLU Testimony on S. 377, the Pro-CODE Bill (02/25/2002)
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) appreciates the opportunity to submit this statement for the record on the important civil liberties interests involved in the Clinton/Gore Administration's current effort to impose controls on encryption technology and, especially, on S. 377, the "Promotion of Commerce On-Line in the Digital Era (Pro-CODE) Act of 1997".

Statement of Marvin Johnson in Multnomah v. US (04/04/2001)
Testimony of ACLU Legislative Counsel Marvin Johnson entitled "The Effectiveness of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CHIPA)"

Letter to Commerce Secretary Mineta Concerning New Top Level Domain Names (01/16/2001)

Letter to Senator Stevens on the Mandatory Internet Blocking Provisions in Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations (12/12/2000)

Letter to the House and Senate on Internet Blocking/Filtering Requirements (07/25/2000)

Joint Letter to Senator Hatch on Internet Filtering Mandate for Schools and Libraries (09/30/1999)

Interested Persons Memo on Franks/Pickering Amendment on Internet Filtering (06/16/1999)

Text of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (10/28/1998)

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