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Old 28-09-2010, 06:23 AM   #1
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Default US attempts to introduce an internet blacklist

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-..._b_739836.html
http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/
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Old 28-09-2010, 11:00 AM   #2
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Yuck yuck yuck. One million times yuck.
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Old 28-09-2010, 01:40 PM   #3
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Signed. They don't need to be led to believe they can come through with any dictatorial stunts like that.
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It looks like most of the 'democratic' nations are slowly bringing in their own blacklists... this should be worth watching.
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Old 28-09-2010, 05:28 PM   #5
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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.
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Old 29-09-2010, 05:57 PM   #6
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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.
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i have submitted my name of calling and email for the petition of the thingy.
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^ Same, naturally.
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