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Wow. I didn't know that the UK has a censorship infrastructure.

by ugh 16y ago

calpaterson 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DA-Notice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DA-Notice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_order#United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_order#United_Kingdom (These are called super injunctions in the UK)
- aj700 16y ago
  Didn't know?! Every western Europe country has one for child porn. It's just badly done with wide blacklisting in the UK. http://map.opennet.net/filtering-soc.html http://map.opennet.net/filtering-soc.html
  - ugh 16y ago
    Germany doesn't. The government just decided not to implement blocking (after arguing about it for years). Anyone (worldwide) who hosts child porn will be contacted by the police and asked to delete it. (When that was tested in January, 99% of the offending sites were gone after four weeks.) That's why I was so surprised. I only really followed the debate in Germany (that's where I'm from), not in the rest of Europe.
    - moeffju 16y ago
      They're trying to get internet filters back through the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag (gambling act), so if you're interested in an uncensored internet in Germany, contact http://www.ak-zensur.de/ http://www.ak-zensur.de/ and see how you can help.
- retree 16y ago
  DA notices aren't legally enforceable though. Most newspapers comply voluntarily. They're overseen by a committee of both government representatives and those from the press and news distribution (including Google's Europe head of PR) see http://www.dnotice.org.uk/ http://www.dnotice.org.uk/
  - scraplab 16y ago
    Perhaps, but given their sensitivity you would want to comply or face some difficult discussions with intelligence agencies.
  - calpaterson 16y ago
    They may not be enforceable by the letter of the law, they aren't quite as "advisory" as the name would imply.
apower 16y ago
Censorship is done right when you don't even realize its existence.
- nickolai 16y ago
  Good thing. Looks like we aren't quite there yet.

Wow. I didn't know that the UK has a censorship infrastructure.

by ugh 16y ago

Wow. I didn't know that the UK has a censorship infrastructure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DA-Notice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DA-Notice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_order#United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_order#United_Kingdom (These are called super injunctions in the UK)

aj700 16y ago
Didn't know?! Every western Europe country has one for child porn. It's just badly done with wide blacklisting in the UK. http://map.opennet.net/filtering-soc.html http://map.opennet.net/filtering-soc.html
- ugh 16y ago
  Germany doesn't. The government just decided not to implement blocking (after arguing about it for years). Anyone (worldwide) who hosts child porn will be contacted by the police and asked to delete it. (When that was tested in January, 99% of the offending sites were gone after four weeks.) That's why I was so surprised. I only really followed the debate in Germany (that's where I'm from), not in the rest of Europe.
  - moeffju 16y ago
    They're trying to get internet filters back through the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag (gambling act), so if you're interested in an uncensored internet in Germany, contact http://www.ak-zensur.de/ http://www.ak-zensur.de/ and see how you can help.
retree 16y ago
DA notices aren't legally enforceable though. Most newspapers comply voluntarily. They're overseen by a committee of both government representatives and those from the press and news distribution (including Google's Europe head of PR) see http://www.dnotice.org.uk/ http://www.dnotice.org.uk/
- scraplab 16y ago
  Perhaps, but given their sensitivity you would want to comply or face some difficult discussions with intelligence agencies.
- calpaterson 16y ago
  They may not be enforceable by the letter of the law, they aren't quite as "advisory" as the name would imply.

apower 16y ago

Censorship is done right when you don't even realize its existence.

nickolai 16y ago
Good thing. Looks like we aren't quite there yet.