Note from Yaman Akdeniz: Mandatory EU wide blocking is rejected but the provisions still allow the MS to adopt state level legal measures that provide for blocking access to know child pornography sites outside the…
MEPs putting child pornographers’ rights ahead of abuse victims, claim campaigners | Society | The Observer: “MEPs putting child pornographers’ rights ahead of abuse victims, claim campaigners Childrens’ charities attack move to inform child pornographers…
Net censors use UK’s kid-safety frenzy to justify clampdown • The Register: It’s time to talk Turkey… By Jane Fae Ozimek Posted in Government, 10th February 2011 14:38 GMT An obsession with child protection in…
Oz net filter jams up with smut, may be pulled out altogether: “ Online rules may be scrapped A former Australian regulator recently speculated that there may be changes in the works for Australia’s smut…
BBC News – Internet porn block ‘not possible’ say ISPs 20 December 2010 Last updated at 12:45 GMT Internet porn block ‘not possible’ say ISPs Metal sieve, Eyewire A nationwide system to block pornography ‘at…
Web filtering: Why a Great British Firewall will be useless | Technology | guardian.co.uk Ed Vaizey’s plan to block pornography online is doomed to fail because it simply won’t work * Tom Scott * guardian.co.uk,…
UK, France move to filter the internet By John Hilvert Dec 20, 2010 5:23 PM Separate bills to end ‘Wild West’ approach. The UK and French Governments have separately conceived plans to block internet pornography…
The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet – Slashdot: “‘A new episode in French internet legislation — French ministers have passed a bill (original in French) allowing the government to add any website to…
Permission for Porn the Minister argues for! Absolutely unbelievable. read the Guardian article below for details. Why would anyone need permission for some activity which is not deemed illegal? This is a serious attack not…
Record Labels Blame Google For Piracy, Hint At Censorship: “The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the UK’s main recording industry trade body, came out with guns blazing against Google today. BPI says that search engines like…