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What saddens me is that this kind of censorship (blocking news sites, making them adhere to older stricter regulations for paper news, making site owners respon

by gioele 13y ago

What saddens me is that this kind of censorship (blocking news sites, making them adhere to older stricter regulations for paper news, making site owners responsible for comments, etc) is widespread in Europe as well and people think this is how things should be. «Censorship should exist in some form on the Internet: 71% somewhat or strongly agree; 24% somewhat or strongly disagree; 5% don't know / not applicable.» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Censorship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Censorship Poland: "Polish Courts Say Websites Should Be Registered As Press" http://prawo.vagla.pl/node/8306 http://prawo.vagla.pl/node/8306 Italy: http://censura.bofh.it/ http://censura.bofh.it/ UK: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/12/dafamation_bill_human_rights_joint_committee_report/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/12/dafamation_bill_huma...

lloeki 13y ago
A month or two ago, my GF attended a lecture where everyone in the room (except her, who stood aghast in astonishment) agreed that: - Twitter is too much freedom of speech and it should be censored. - freedom in general is going rampant these days in our societies, and should be significantly reduced by coercion. They literally advocated for Thought Police. We're talking about top of the line students and professors, notably in Law. I seriously don't know what the world will look like tomorrow, but I don't like where I see it headed right now (lots of semi-isolated islands of controlled GroupThink). BTW, if anyone is versed in French, may I recommend reading "La Zone du Dehors", a fantastic novel by Alain Damasio (a dystopian novel showcasing a glimpse of the future, and a spiritual sequel to 1984)
- bifrost 13y ago
  Sadly we have a couple forms of that in the US too, its not the sole domain of any particular country. Germany/France ban free speech about certain touchy subjects, and while I can't say I blame them entirely, its not exactly smart. The US has eroded freedoms codified by the founding fathers of this country in the name of "security" and fear. The only things we can do is attempt to promote freedom of thought, behavior and tolerance of all ideas, whether they're popular or not.
- gridmaths 13y ago
  Anecdotally.. were they afraid of terrorism attacks [ or eg. cybercrime ]?
  - andyhmltn 13y ago
    I think that threat is quite small and it shouldn't warrant blocking websites. However, the media likes to make out that the internet is a breeding ground for hundreds of thousands of terrorists and hackers, so probably.

by gioele 13y ago

lloeki 13y ago

A month or two ago, my GF attended a lecture where everyone in the room (except her, who stood aghast in astonishment) agreed that: - Twitter is too much freedom of speech and it should be censored. - freedom in general is going rampant these days in our societies, and should be significantly reduced by coercion. They literally advocated for Thought Police. We're talking about top of the line students and professors, notably in Law. I seriously don't know what the world will look like tomorrow, but I don't like where I see it headed right now (lots of semi-isolated islands of controlled GroupThink). BTW, if anyone is versed in French, may I recommend reading "La Zone du Dehors", a fantastic novel by Alain Damasio (a dystopian novel showcasing a glimpse of the future, and a spiritual sequel to 1984)

bifrost 13y ago
Sadly we have a couple forms of that in the US too, its not the sole domain of any particular country. Germany/France ban free speech about certain touchy subjects, and while I can't say I blame them entirely, its not exactly smart. The US has eroded freedoms codified by the founding fathers of this country in the name of "security" and fear. The only things we can do is attempt to promote freedom of thought, behavior and tolerance of all ideas, whether they're popular or not.
gridmaths 13y ago
Anecdotally.. were they afraid of terrorism attacks [ or eg. cybercrime ]?
- andyhmltn 13y ago
  I think that threat is quite small and it shouldn't warrant blocking websites. However, the media likes to make out that the internet is a breeding ground for hundreds of thousands of terrorists and hackers, so probably.