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| − | [[File:Internet freedom.png|thumb|right|300px|[[Internet Freedom]], a project of the [[LM network]]]]Internet Freedom is associated with the libertarian and anti-environmental [[LM network]]. It | + | [[File:Internet freedom.png|thumb|right|300px|[[Internet Freedom]], a project of the [[LM network]]]]Internet Freedom is associated with the libertarian and anti-environmental [[LM network]]. It campaigned against regulation of web content. Internet Freedom was launched in 1996 in response to the [[Platform for Internet Control Selection]]. <ref>"[http://www.netfreedom.org/articles/default.asp PICS Rating Scheme - who needs it?]", Internet Freedom website, accessed 6 Nov 2010</ref> It was originally called [[Get the Met Off the Net! - The Campaign for Internet Freedom]] and was an offshoot of [[Living Marxism]] ear;ly statements gave 'censorship@mail.informinc.co.uk' as a contact address.<ref>[[Chris Ellison]], [http://web.archive.org/web/20010530111521/www.informinc.co.uk/LM/LM96/LM96_Net.html 'The Net: 'I'm against censorship, but...'], ''Living Marxism'', No. 96 - December/January 1996/1997, p. 28.</ref> [[Informinc]] was the company that published [[LM magazine]]. |
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==Contact== | ==Contact== | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 12 November 2011
Internet Freedom is associated with the libertarian and anti-environmental LM network. It campaigned against regulation of web content. Internet Freedom was launched in 1996 in response to the Platform for Internet Control Selection. [1] It was originally called Get the Met Off the Net! - The Campaign for Internet Freedom and was an offshoot of Living Marxism ear;ly statements gave 'censorship@mail.informinc.co.uk' as a contact address.[2] Informinc was the company that published LM magazine.
Content was last loaded onto its website in 2006. [3] Its website promoted Spiked, which is part of the LM network. Staff include news editor Alan Docherty and Chris Ellison.
Contact
- BCM Box 6237
- London WC1N 3XX
- United Kingdom
- voicemail: +44 (0) 20 7681 1559
- fax: +44 (0) 20 7681 1559
- Press enquiries: +44 (0) 7956 129 518
Notes
- ↑ "PICS Rating Scheme - who needs it?", Internet Freedom website, accessed 6 Nov 2010
- ↑ Chris Ellison, 'The Net: 'I'm against censorship, but...', Living Marxism, No. 96 - December/January 1996/1997, p. 28.
- ↑ Homepage, Internet Freedom website, accessed 6 Nov 2010
