version=pmwiki-2.2.130 ordered=1 urlencoded=1 agent=Mozilla/5.0 (X11; OpenBSD amd64; rv:82.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/82.0 author=jrmu charset=UTF-8 csum= ctime=1612069993 host=198.251.81.119 name=Freedom.Press rev=2 targets= text=(:title First Amendment with Servers' Rights:)%0a%0a%25width=100pct rfloat%25 Attach:Marketing/press.png%0a%0a-> Congress shall not make any rules to establish an official religion or to stop the free exercise of religion; or to stop the freedom of speech or the freedom of the press; or the right of the users to peaceably gather to petition the staff.%0a%0aIRCNow is a network that the users control. In order to ensure this, we must make sure that there is no network-wide censorship of speech or religion. Uncensored debate is necessary to allow free users to make their own policy decisions.%0a%0aThe first amendment only applies to the network congress, however. Each individual server retains the right to set its own terms of service and censorship policy. For example, local servers will censor violent threats, illegal content, and copyright infringement. IRCNow also welcomes users of all ages and so the servers do not allow pornography. time=1623575542 title=First Amendment with Servers' Rights author:1623575542=jrmu diff:1623575542:1612069993:=1,2c1,2%0a%3c (:title First Amendment with Servers' Rights:)%0a%3c %0a---%0a> (:title Press Freedom:)%0a> %0a4a5,10%0a> Internet censorship is on the rise. Today, you can get your social media accounts banned for disagreeing with the mainstream on health policy, how to raise children, the environment, or even a product review. Simply criticizing a company can get you permanently banned. What is worse, people around the world are now being ostracized and banned for believing in the Bible.%0a> %0a> IRCNow is a network that the users control. To ensure this, our bill of rights does not allow network-wide censorship of speech, the press, or religion. Limiting censorship is necessary in order to have meaningful debates for how our network should run.%0a> %0a> Our digital bill of rights states:%0a> %0a7,9c13,15%0a%3c IRCNow is a network that the users control. In order to ensure this, we must make sure that there is no network-wide censorship of speech or religion. Uncensored debate is necessary to allow free users to make their own policy decisions.%0a%3c %0a%3c The first amendment only applies to the network congress, however. Each individual server retains the right to set its own terms of service and censorship policy. For example, local servers will censor violent threats, illegal content, and copyright infringement. IRCNow also welcomes users of all ages and so the servers do not allow pornography.%0a\ No newline at end of file%0a---%0a> At the same time, we recognize the need to have limited censorship. Each individual server can set its own independent censorship policy in order to comply with local law and to maintain a family-friendly network. In effect, the censorship on the network is distributed.%0a> %0a> IRCNow provides [[freedom/software|the source code and documentation]] for all the software on this network, so that users have the freedom [[freedom/militia|to control their own software]] and [[freedom/fork|fork this network]]. This provides a powerful safeguard against arbitrary censorship.%0a\ No newline at end of file%0a host:1623575542=198.251.81.119 author:1612069993=jrmu diff:1612069993:1612069993:=1,15d0%0a%3c (:title Press Freedom:)%0a%3c %0a%3c %25width=100pct rfloat%25 Attach:Marketing/press.png%0a%3c %0a%3c Internet censorship is on the rise. Today, you can get your social media accounts banned for disagreeing with the mainstream on health policy, how to raise children, the environment, or even a product review. Simply criticizing a company can get you permanently banned. What is worse, people around the world are now being ostracized and banned for believing in the Bible.%0a%3c %0a%3c IRCNow is a network that the users control. To ensure this, our bill of rights does not allow network-wide censorship of speech, the press, or religion. Limiting censorship is necessary in order to have meaningful debates for how our network should run.%0a%3c %0a%3c Our digital bill of rights states:%0a%3c %0a%3c -> Congress shall not make any rules to establish an official religion or to stop the free exercise of religion; or to stop the freedom of speech or the freedom of the press; or the right of the users to peaceably gather to petition the staff.%0a%3c %0a%3c At the same time, we recognize the need to have limited censorship. Each individual server can set its own independent censorship policy in order to comply with local law and to maintain a family-friendly network. In effect, the censorship on the network is distributed.%0a%3c %0a%3c IRCNow provides [[freedom/software|the source code and documentation]] for all the software on this network, so that users have the freedom [[freedom/militia|to control their own software]] and [[freedom/fork|fork this network]]. This provides a powerful safeguard against arbitrary censorship.%0a\ No newline at end of file%0a host:1612069993=125.224.24.163