Jan 22, 2008 2:14 PM

Dear AT&T: Everyone Hates Your Internet Filtering Plans

Could the blogosphere’s response to your mystifying and malignant internet surveillance scheme be any more obvious to you?

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Could the blogosphere's response to your mystifying and malignant internet surveillance scheme be any more obvious to you?

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