July 23, 2008 8:33AM 

# The NY AG’s Anti-Free-Speech Shakedown Racket 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Here’s a [good article by Declan McCullagh](http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9997051-38.html?hhTest=1) on New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s outrageous vendetta against [Usenet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet). The article is good not only because yours truly is quoted.

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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