<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_41955"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_41961">There is a book by Hauben & Hauben, the title includes the word "Netizens", which as I recall deals with free speech issues in the "early days". <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42005"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_41961"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42025"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_41961">Maybe this will help,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42027"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_41961">Alex McKenzie</span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42031" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42030" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42029" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42035" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "Belin, Daniel" <dbelin@dbelin.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> internet-history@postel.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 16, 2015 6:49 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42034"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42033" style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [ih] Free Speech and ARPAnet?<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42037" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6535976463"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42039" dir="ltr">Hello, all!<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42041"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42043">Today, the Washington Post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-cannot-let-the-internet-trolls-win/2015/07/16/91b1a2d2-2b17-11e5-bd33-395c05608059_story.html">published an editorial by Ellen Pao</a>, in which she asserted, "The Internet started as a bastion for free expression."</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42045"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437056296471_42047">This piqued my interest, as I felt it was an inaccurate characterization. My understanding was always that the early research focused on improving network facilities for research collaboration, and that these issues of free speech really didn't start to come to the forefront until the 1990s when the Internet began to take root in society. However, I wasn't there, so I respectfully pose these questions to you all:</div><div><br></div><div>What were the attitudes towards speech/appropriate conduct early in the ARPAnet project? Was an environment of collegiality and respect generally expected?</div><div><br></div><div>Were there any incidents that led to either a written or <i>de facto</i> content policy on ARPAnet? Were there individual policies enacted by the institutions that were connected to ARPAnet?</div><div><br></div><div>When <i>did</i> the Internet emerge as a "bastion for free expression"? Was this area of the Internet's societal impact explored before the Internet became broadly publicly available? </div><div><br></div><div>I'd be really honored to hear your perspectives on this, and would appreciate any you could provide.</div><div><br></div><div>With cordial thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Dan Belin</div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="yiv6535976463gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>_______________________________________</b></div><div>+1(703) 209-9608 | <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dfbelin">@dfbelin</a> | <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://danielbel.in/">danielbel.in</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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