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December 31st, 2008

Government pipedreams on internet ratings doomed to fail

Government pipedreams on internet ratings doomed to fail: “

Secrecy, police censorship and no appeal are the norm

Proposals by UK Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, to introduce cinema-style ratings for websites across the globe might benefit from a little more fact-finding and a little less rhetoric. On the other hand, the danger of open-minded research, is that it might just expose New Labour waffle to the harsh realities of how things actually work.…

(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

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