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The Observer Observed

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Sherilyn, 11th September, 1996.

Observer Articles

• Original Observer article, 25th August, 1996(Scallywag)
• The Observer's follow-up article, 1st September, 1996(Dejanews)
  claims that as a result of the first article:
  • the industry was galvanised into action;
  • Demon made concessions;
  • Johan "Julf" Helsingius closed his remailer.
• Fairly conciliatory leader article on 1st September(Dejanews)

Press responses to the article

• Reuters report of Johan "Julf" Helsingius's closing of anon.penet.fi (Dejanews)
  This article says that the Finnish police discounted the Observer's claim that they had caused Julf to close down the server.
• New York Times article about scientology court action that close penet(Dejanews)
• Declan McCullagh's Sept 5th Article in Netizen
  Declan points out major errors in the accusations against the anon.penet.fi remailer, and interviewed the Observer's supposed "FBI investigator". "In truth," says McCullagh, Tyler is a sergeant in California's San Bernardino sheriff's office, and he says the Observer intentionally misrepresented his identity and his statements."

Related Announcements and Official Responses

• Julf's own announcement is on Penetic's www site

USENET responses

• The Observer article sparked this
  
  (Dejanews advanced query, demon.service since 25th August, containing the words observer or porn).
• To view the main threads from Dejanews archives: