Da-Chief
04-25-2008, 16:56
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Last January (http://www.corpsman.com/shownews/91072), the British government proposed that ISPs should be forced to filter "militant islamism" from the Web in the same way they already filter access to child pornography. Now a similar proposal is surfacing in Russia (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080423/185834933.shtml). Some lawmakers would like to see a law that prevents newspapers from publishing "extremist material" expanded to cover ISPs. Obviously the fear here is that governments will use nebulous definitions to define controversial material, and that any such laws will be used simply to stifle free speech.
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Last January (http://www.corpsman.com/shownews/91072), the British government proposed that ISPs should be forced to filter "militant islamism" from the Web in the same way they already filter access to child pornography. Now a similar proposal is surfacing in Russia (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080423/185834933.shtml). Some lawmakers would like to see a law that prevents newspapers from publishing "extremist material" expanded to cover ISPs. Obviously the fear here is that governments will use nebulous definitions to define controversial material, and that any such laws will be used simply to stifle free speech.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Should-ISPs-Be-Filtering-Extremism-93907)
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