A federal court ruling against a controversial antiabortion activist site brings the debate over free speech online to a head, as civil libertarians find themselves choosing sides between First Amendment rights and the right to privacy. In the aftermath, the ISP that hosted the site takes it down, as the site's creator vows to find a new host and add a Web cam feature that would visually identify women who seek abortions.
ISP shuts down antiabortion site MindSpring shutters the controversial antiabortion Nuremberg Files Web site following a federal jury ruling that it threatened the lives of abortion providers.
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