Urgent! Help Fight Online Pornography!

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Mar 20, 2009, 6:35:38 PM3/20/09
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Friends,

An extremely important battle in the war against online pornography
and crime is being fought right now, and few people are even aware of
it. ICANN, the non-profit organization that regulates the Internet,
recently received a petition to create a new regulatory body called
the CyberSafety Constituency. Without violating the free speech and
anonymity of any Internet user, the CyberSafety Constituency would try
to enact regulations that would protect Internet users from viewing
objectionable content that they don't want to see, including content
related to crime and pornography.

Have you ever accidentally stumbled into a pornographic website? I
think it happens to a lot of people. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there
were an extra layer of protection built into the Internet so that only
those who really wanted to see pornography could access it? That's
just one of the many regulations that the CyberSafety Constituency
could enact. Currently, the interests of families, children, victims
of cybercrime, religions, and cultures are not well represented within
ICANN. We need to do something to protect our children and ourselves
from child pornography, hardcore obscenity, cybercrimes, and online
predators.

Before approving the CyberSafety Constituency's petition, ICANN has
invited the Internet community to comment. No comments will be
accepted after April 5th, 2009, so please, please send your comments
to cyber-safe...@icann.org right away. Most of the comments of
the last few days have spoken out against the petition, and it may be
rejected if we don't act now to speak out in its favor. You can also
learn more about this petition (http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/
#cybersafety) and can see the comments that have been posted thus far
(http://forum.icann.org/lists/cyber-safety-petition/). And please,
recommend this page (http://www.allaboutmormons.com/Blog/
urgent_fight_online_pornography_friends_ENG_41.php) to your friends so
they, too, can take a stand against crime and pornography on the
Internet.
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