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MI5Victim@mi5.gov.uk wrote:

> Despite an orchestrated campaign of attempted censorship by UK-resident newsgroup readers, TFN did not bow
> to demands for a suppression of freedom of speech. TFN general policy on the matter is as follows; 
> 
> Draft Policy on Account Deactivations due to News Group Postings
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> News group postings occasionally take the form of a message which goes against the "topic" of the conference.
> For example, a derogatory message about Canadians in the soc.culture.canada. 
> 
> Members of such news groups then may send a message to the system administrators asking that a user's account
> be terminated because of such posting. 
> 
> The Toronto Free-Net Board of Directors has taken the position that the only postings that will get a person's
> account terminated is material that is illegal under Canadian law. Otherwise, the Toronto Free-Net will not
> take any action. 
> 
> Freenet Executive Director Mike Anderson had this to say regarding the continued attempts of a minority of usenet
> participants to have my account on his system deactivated; 
> 
> The TFN's policy is not to take action against members unless they contravene the Criminal Code of Canada, or
> engage in practices such as forgery, attacks against other computer systems or mailbombing. 
> 
> Mr. Corley, while possibly being very annoying, has not contravened the TFN's policies. The TFN believes strongly
> in freedom of expression, while recognizing that the price for such freedom may be a high signal-to-noise ratio in Usenet. 
> 
> If Mr. Corley breaks the law, we will take action -- until then, he has the same rights as any TFN member to post
> to Usenet newsgroups. Actions such as mailbombing the TFN in protest will be met by strong complaints to the
> originating site's postmaster. The best defense against unwanted postings may be simply be to ignore them and deny
> the poster an audience. 
> 
> TFN Executive Director Toronto, Ont CANADA 
> 
> Personally, I find it gratifying that my contributions to usenet discussion are recognized as being conducive
> to a high signal-to-noise ratio by their quality and thoughtfulness.
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