The Censorware Project

Blacklisted by Cyber Patrol

From Ada to Yoyo

A report from The Censorware Project


Newsgroups

Cyber Patrol blocks not only websites, but also newsgroups. And it blocks a lot of them.

Here's a sampling, from one source:

misc.activism.militia               Citizens bearing arms for the common
defense. Militant/Extreme
misc.activism.progressive           Information for Progressive activists.
(Moderated) Militant/Extreme
misc.headlines                      Current interest: drug testing, terrorism, etc.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
misc.health.aids        AIDS issues and support. Violence/Profanity SexActs
misc.health.alternative Alternative, complementary and holistic health care.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
misc.health.arthritis   Arthritis and related disorders. Violence/Profanity SexActs
misc.health.diabetes    Discussion of diabetes management in day to day life.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
misc.health.infertility Treatment & support of infertility. Violence/Profanity SexActs
misc.health.injuries.rsi.misc       All about Repetitive Strain Injuries.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
misc.health.injuries.rsi.moderated  Experts answer questions about RSI.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
misc.health.therapy.occupational    All areas of occupational therapy.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
news.groups             Discussions and lists of newsgroups. Intol
news.groups.questions   Where can I find talk about topic X? Intol
news.groups.reviews     What is going on in group or mailing list named X? Intol
rec.arts.bodyart        Tattoos and body decoration discussions. Violence/Profanity
rec.arts.movies.erotica Aspects of erotic films and videos. (Moderated)
Violence/Profanity PartNude FullNude SexActs
rec.crafts.brewing      The art of making beers and meads. Booze/Cigs
rec.crafts.winemaking   The tasteful art of making wine. Booze/Cigs
rec.drugs.announce      Announcements about drugs and related issues. (Moderated)
Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity Druggy
rec.drugs.cannabis      The drug cannabis (marijuana). Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity
Druggy
rec.drugs.chemistry     Chemistry, pharmacology and related issues. Booze/Cigs
Violence/Profanity Druggy
rec.drugs.misc          Stimulants, sedatives, smart drugs, et cetera. Booze/Cigs
Violence/Profanity Druggy
rec.drugs.psychedelic   LSD, Ecstasy, magic mushrooms and the like. Booze/Cigs
Violence/Profanity Druggy
rec.drugs.smart         Smart drugs (nootropics). Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity Druggy
rec.food.drink.beer     All things beer. Booze/Cigs
rec.gambling.blackjack  Analysis of and strategy for blackjack, aka 21.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.gambling.craps      Analysis of and strategy for the dice game craps.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.gambling.lottery    Strategy and news of lotteries and sweepstakes.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.gambling.misc       All other gambling topics including travel.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.gambling.other-games            Gambling games not covered elsewhere.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.gambling.poker      Analysis and strategy of live poker games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.gambling.racing     Wagering on animal races. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.gambling.sports     Wagering on human sporting events. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.abstract      Perfect information, pure strategy games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.backgammon    Discussion of the game of backgammon. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.board                     Discussion and hints on board games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.board.ce      The Cosmic Encounter board game. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.board.marketplace         Trading and selling of board games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.bolo                      The networked strategy war game Bolo.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.bridge        Hobbyists interested in bridge. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.bridge.okbridge           Okbridge forum. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.chess.analysis            Analysis of openings/middlegames/endgames.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.chess.computer            Reports on game servers, databases, software.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.chess.misc    Forum for news/discussion related to chess.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.chess.play-by-email       Reports/discussions regarding email chess.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.chess.politics            News of nat'l/international chess organizations.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.chinese-chess Discussion of the game of Chinese chess, Xiangqi.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.doom.announce    Info/FAQs/reviews about DOOM. (Moderated)
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.doom.editing     Editing and hacking DOOM-related files.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.doom.help        DOOM Help Service (new players welcome).
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.doom.misc        Talking about DOOM and id Software.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.doom.playing     Playing DOOM and user-created levels.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.puzzle           Puzzle-solving computer games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.quake.announce   Info/FAQ/Announcements about Quake.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.quake.editing    Editing and hacking Quake-related files.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.quake.misc       General discussion of Quake.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.quake.playing    Playing Quake and user-created levels.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c    Modifying Quake with Quake-C.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.quake.servers    Setup and maintenance of servers.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.stars            The strategy game "Stars!". Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons   The Ultima Dragons Internet Chapter.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.ultima.online    The multi-player game Ultima Online.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.ultima.series    Forum for fans of the Ultima games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.computer.xpilot           About the X11 game XPilot. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.corewar       The Core War computer challenge. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.design        Discussion of game design related issues.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.diplomacy     The conquest game Diplomacy. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.empire        Discussion and hints about Empire. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.advocacy  Flames and rebuttals about various role-playing
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.announce  Announcements of happenings in the role-playing
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.archives  Archivable fantasy stories and other projects.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.cyber     Discussions of cyberpunk related roleplaying games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.dnd       Fantasy role-playing with TSR's Dungeons and Dragons.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.gurps     The GURPS role playing game. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.industry  Roleplaying industry & companies. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.live-action           Live-action roleplaying games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.marketplace           Role-playing game materials wanted and for sale.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.misc      General discussions of role-playing games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.storyteller           World of Darkness and StoryTeller games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.frp.super-heroes          Super-hero role playing games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.go                        Discussion about Go. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.int-fiction   All aspects of interactive fiction games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.mahjong       Mahjong related discussion and posting. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.mecha                     Giant robot games. (Moderated)
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.miniatures.historical     Historical and modern tabletop wargaming.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.miniatures.misc           Miniatures and various tabletop wargames.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.miniatures.warhammer      Wargaming in the Warhammer Universe.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.misc                      Games and computer games. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.mud.admin     Administrative issues of multiuser dungeons.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.mud.announce  Informational articles about multiuser dungeons.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.mud.diku      All about DikuMuds. Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity
Intol
rec.games.mud.lp        Discussions of the LPMUD computer role playing game.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.mud.misc      Various aspects of multiuser computer games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.mud.tiny      Discussion about Tiny muds, like MUSH, MUSE and MOO.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.netrek        Discussion of the X window system game Netrek (XtrekII).
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.pbm                       Discussion about Play by Mail games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.pinball       Discussing pinball-related issues. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.playing-cards Recreational (non-gambling) card playing.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.programmer    Discussion of adventure game programming.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.roguelike.adom            The computer game ADOM. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.roguelike.angband         The computer game Angband. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.roguelike.announce        Major info about rogue-styled games. (Moderated)
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.roguelike.misc            Rogue-style dungeon games without other groups.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.roguelike.moria           The computer game Moria. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.roguelike.nethack         The computer game Nethack. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.roguelike.rogue           The computer game Rogue. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.announce    Important news about trading card games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad       Jyhad trading card game discussions.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc  General "Magic: the Gathering" postings.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules "Magic: the Gathering" rules Q&A.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy          "Magic: the Gathering" strategy.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.marketplace.magic.auctions          Auctions of Magic cards.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.marketplace.magic.sales Selling Magic cards.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.marketplace.magic.trades            Trading Magic cards.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.marketplace.misc        Trading trading card stuff.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.misc        Other trading card game discussions.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trading-cards.startrek    Star Trek Trading Card Games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.trivia        Discussion about trivia. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.vectrex       The Vectrex game system. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.3do     Discussion of 3DO video game systems. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.advocacy            Debate on merits of various video game systems.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.arcade  Discussions about coin-operated video games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.arcade.collecting   Collecting, converting, repairing etc.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace  Commerce and requests for arcade games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.atari   Discussion of Atari's video game systems.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.cd-i    CD-i topics with emphasis on games. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.cd32    Gaming talk, info and help for the Amiga CD32.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.classic Older home video entertainment systems. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.marketplace         Home video game stuff for sale or trade.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.misc    General discussion about home video games.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.nintendo            All Nintendo video game systems and software.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.sega    All Sega video game systems and software.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.video.sony    Sony game hardware and software. Quest/Illegal/Gamble
Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.xtank.play    Strategy and tactics for the distributed game Xtank.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.games.xtank.programmer          Coding the Xtank game and its robots.
Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Intol
rec.guns                Discussions about firearms. (Moderated) Militant/Extreme
Violence/Profanity
rec.humor               Jokes and the like.  May be somewhat offensive.
Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross Intol
rec.humor.d             Discussions on the content of rec.humor articles.
Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross Intol
rec.humor.funny                     Jokes that are funny (in the moderator's
opinion). Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross Intol
rec.humor.funny.reruns  Reposts of rec.humor.funny archive material.
Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross Intol
rec.humor.oracle        Sagacious advice from the USENET Oracle. (Moderated)
Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross Intol
rec.humor.oracle.d      Comments about the USENET Oracle's comments.
Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross Intol
rec.hunting             Discussions about hunting. (Moderated) Militant/Extreme
Violence/Profanity
rec.hunting.dogs        Hunting topics specifically related to using dogs.
Militant/Extreme Violence/Profanity
rec.martial-arts        Discussion of the various martial art forms. Violence/Profanity
rec.martial-arts.moderated          Martial-arts in general. (Moderated)
Violence/Profanity
rec.nude                Hobbyists interested in naturist/nudist activities.
Violence/Profanity PartNude FullNude SexActs
soc.bi                              Discussions of bisexuality. Violence/Profanity
SexActs
soc.feminism                        Discussion of feminism & feminist issues.
(Moderated) Violence/Profanity SexActs
soc.motss               Issues pertaining to homosexuality. Violence/Profanity SexActs
soc.sexuality.general   Human sexuality in general. (Moderated) Violence/Profanity
SexActs
soc.sexuality.spanking  Adult sexual spanking. (Moderated) Violence/Profanity SexActs
soc.singles             Newsgroup for single people, their activities, etc.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
soc.singles.moderated   Conversations among people who are or were single.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm         Bondage/Dominance/S&M discussion & support.
Violence/Profanity SexActs
soc.support.depression.crisis       Personal crisis situations. Violence/Profanity
Intol
soc.support.depression.family       Coping with depressed people. Violence/Profanity
Intol
soc.support.depression.manic        Bipolar/manic-depression. Violence/Profanity Intol
soc.support.depression.misc         Depression and mood disorders.
Violence/Profanity Intol
soc.support.depression.seasonal     Seasonal affective disorder. Violence/Profanity
Intol
soc.support.depression.treatment    Treatments of depression. Violence/Profanity Intol
soc.support.fat-acceptance          Self-acceptance for fat people.  No diet talk.
Violence/Profanity Intol
soc.support.loneliness  Mutual help and chat for those of us who feel alone.
Violence/Profanity Intol
soc.support.pregnancy.loss          Support and Information about Pregnancy Loss.
Violence/Profanity Intol
soc.support.transgendered           Transgendered and intersexed persons.
Violence/Profanity Intol
soc.women.lesbian-and-bi            Lives of lesbian and bisexual women. (Moderated)
Violence/Profanity SexActs
talk.abortion                       All sorts of discussions and arguments on
abortion. SexActs
talk.euthanasia                     All aspects of euthanasia. Violence/Profanity Intol
talk.politics.drugs     The politics of drug issues. Druggy
talk.politics.guns      The politics of firearm ownership and (mis)use.
Militant/Extreme Violence/Profanity
talk.rape               Discussions on stopping rape; not to be crossposted. SexActs
talk.rumors             For the posting of rumors. Violence/Profanity SexActs

And another investigator found:

alt
alt.12hr
alt.23is.strange
alt.2600
alt.2600hz
alt.abortion
alt.abortion.inequity
alt.abuse
alt.abuse-recovery
alt.accounting
alt.activism
alt.actor.dustin-hoffman
alt.adopt.latvian.babies
alt.adoption
alt.alcohol
alt.alt
alt.amazon-women
alt.amazon-women.admirers
alt.america.online
alt.anarchism
alt.angels
alt.anger
alt.angst
alt.angst.xibo.sex    [alt.ang*]
alt.anonymous
alt.answers
alt.anybody
alt.anything
alt.aol-sucks
alt.aol-sucks.moderated
alt.asian-movies
alt.asian.american.chat
alt.atheism
alt.authorware
alt.bacchus
alt.backrubs
alt.bad.clams
alt.barefoot
alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die
alt.basement.graveyard
alt.bbs
alt.beer
alt.best.of.internet
alt.bigfoot
alt.blasphemy
alt.bogus.group
alt.bork
alt.butt.harp
alt.buttholes
alt.butts
alt.cable-ip
alt.cable-tv.re-regulate
alt.canadian.beaver
alt.cascade
alt.casinos.chequers.chips.tokens
alt.castlenet
alt.censorship
alt.centipede
alt.change
alt.change.lightbulb
alt.chaos
alt.charlie.rules.rules.rules
alt.consciousness
alt.conspiracy
alt.coven
alt.crackers
alt.cracks
alt.cyberangels
alt.cybercafes
alt.cyberpromo.com.spammers.revenge
alt.cyberpunk
alt.cyberspace
alt.cyberwitness    [alt.cyb*]

[enough of the complete listing, now I'm skipping ahead and picking 
the best:]

alt.engr.explosives
alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die
alt.evil
alt.ezines
alt.feminazis
alt.feminism
alt.feminism.individualism
alt.ford.falcon
alt.gambling
alt.graffiti
alt.graphics
alt.hack*  [eight groups blocked]
alt.hangover
alt.hemp
alt.homosexual
alt.homosexual.lesbian
alt.infertility
alt.internet
alt.internic.billing.problems
alt.journalism
alt.lambda.education
alt.lesbian.feminist.poetry
alt.locksmithing
alt.love
alt.magazines.pornographic
alt.management.tech-support
alt.manga
alt.manufacturing.misc      [3 groups - alt.man*]
alt.mens-rights
alt.motss.bisexua-l
alt.phreaking
alt.pictures.monsters
alt.psy* [9 groups, alt.psychology and sub-groups...]
alt.punk
alt.rap
alt.rave
alt.recipes.babies
alt.recovery
alt.revisionism
alt.sex* [224 groups]
alt.shoe.lesbians.moderated
alt.smokers
alt.sup* [probably aimed at alt.supermodels, but also includes 
          alt.super-nes, alt.support, alt.superhelp, and 
          alt.support.* -- 220 groups in all]
alt.teens
alt.transgendered
alt.vampyres
alt.war* [aimed at alt.warez but includes 11 groups total]
alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die

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