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Senator Kennedy’s statement on the conference report on Internet censorship

By Ted Kennedy ∙ December 19, 1995

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The following is the response that this author received after presenting my opinion on freedom of speech and opinion on the Internet to Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA). RW

Senator Edward Kennedy

Subj: Re: Internet Censorship Protest Day
Date: 95-12-19 13:10:00 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]

Senator Kennedy's statement on the conference report on Internet censorship

I oppose the Internet censorship provision of the telecommunications conference report.

Federal censorship of the Internet is both unconstitutional and unnecessary.

No one condones pornography. But before enacting a blunderbuss ban like this, we ought to support effective alternatives, like software that is currently widely available, that give families greater power to block offensive material.

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  • Ted Kennedy

    Edward Moore Kennedy (born Feb. 22, 1932, Dorchester, Boston, MA; died Aug. 25, 2009) was a U.S. lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent Kennedy family, he was the second-most senior member of the Senate when he died.

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