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Minnesota Tells ISPs to Filter Out Online Gambling
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA --
Representatives of the Minnesota Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division are telling the state's Internet service providers they must block 200 online gambling sites from all residents. The state is using a 1961 law requiring phone carriers to refuse the business of gambling operators to justify its Internet censorship.
Division director John Willems said that since phone companies had evolved into Internet carriers, his department's written requests "seem to be a reasonable application of the law."
"We'll see how the conversation unfolds from there," Willems stated.
Several of the providers acknowledged receiving the letter, but had no comment while lawyers reviewed the issue. AT&T, Comcast, Qwest, and Charter are among the companies notified.
State officials, aware that the new attack had little chance of clearing many legal hurdles, also used scare tactics, telling players that, with the potential sudden interruption in connection to online casinos, they may lose whatever money is in their accounts.
Australia recently tried to set up a nationwide filtering of Internet gaming, only to have civil rights leaders unite with foes of censorship and Internet companies to create a maelstrom of protest.
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