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The Fifth Horseman 28-09-2010 06:23 AM

US attempts to introduce an internet blacklist
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-..._b_739836.html
http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/

Lulu_Jane 28-09-2010 11:00 AM

Yuck yuck yuck. One million times yuck.

Scatty 28-09-2010 01:40 PM

Signed. They don't need to be led to believe they can come through with any dictatorial stunts like that.

Professor Oak 28-09-2010 02:50 PM

It looks like most of the 'democratic' nations are slowly bringing in their own blacklists... this should be worth watching.

Japo 28-09-2010 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Professor Oak (Post 414570)
It looks like most of the 'democratic' nations are slowly bringing in their own blacklists... this should be worth watching.

Yes, other countries have already considered this. As always when a government imposes censorship, they say it's for our good, and as always they're actually convinced about it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...filtering.html

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100329/AP15/303299996

This is a separate issue in the US:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us...etap.html?_r=3

The fact is that governments all over the world are always wanting more control over the Internet.

ayoeness 29-09-2010 05:57 PM

What a wonderful world we live in.

Well now I think about it, they just have to suspect terrorism then we have no rights whatsoever.

So I guess this is just more dung on the heap.

angry axe 29-09-2010 06:43 PM

i have submitted my name of calling and email for the petition of the thingy.

ayoeness 29-09-2010 07:37 PM

^ Same, naturally.

Lulu_Jane 30-09-2010 07:04 PM

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/0...p-bill-delayed

:D

ayoeness 30-09-2010 08:00 PM

:clap:


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