Demon 'uncensored Internet' harms child porn clampdown Free Speech6/5/2000; 7:10:33 AM March 21, 2000: Damned if you do, damned if you don't. "But in a strongly worded letter to The Observer, David Kerr, CE of the IWF, said: ...'What if the UK industry had accepted the original position of shutting down newsgroups nominated by the police?

'Might we not have had an article today reflecting on the damage to freedom of speech and the threat to democracy of a situation where the state could dictate what is available on the Internet, irrespective of whether it is legal or not?' said Kerr."