- List of Censored Groups at Compuserve
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The complete list. Note it is NOT just "porngraphy", but includes
wire service AP and Reuters news feeds under the names
clari.news.crime.sex, clari.news.gays, clari.news.sex. Also banned, for
example, is soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi, a moderated group dealing
with supporting g/l/b youth. The list appears to have been make by
searching for any instance of the words "sex", "erotic" OR "gay" in some
other list.
- CompuServe Press Release
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First official statement by CompuServe.
- How Bavaria Pushed CompuServe For Censorship
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A detailed discussion of the process which led to the ban.
- Re: Compuserve lies about the Germans
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Contradictions to the original press release.
- Wockner Story--CompuServe Bans Gay Message Boards
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A report on CompuServe's actions.
- Indecency, Usenet, and Queer Youth
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Prescient thoughts about a possible ban of
soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi
by one of its moderators.
- Re: Media coverage of CompuServe fiasco
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Reactions to the CompuServe ban on
soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi
by one of its moderators.
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