Very well put, Carlton. We need to be very vocal in protecting our Internet freedoms. Gareth On 18-Feb-10, at 1:14 PM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
When it comes to these matters, I am an absolutist, meaning I am the only one qualified to determine what I shall see/not see or read/not read and so I am absolutely against censorship in all its forms.
Child pornography is a scourge, no question. But parents need to do what parents ought to do. So do schools. I simply cannot abide someone else determining such a basic part of my being.
And I am unanimous on that.
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick@isoc.be>wrote:
_*French Net Filtering Plan Moves Forward*_
French lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve a draft law to filter Internet traffic, a measure the government says is intended to catch child pornographers. The bill will now go on for a second and final reading.
Critics of the catch-all "Bill on direction and planning for the performance of domestic security" say that filtering won't stop the spread of child pornography -- but could allow the government to censor other materials.
The bill, known as Loppsi II in French, was approved by 312 votes to 214 in a vote in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The government has a large majority in the Assembly; two of its deputies abstained, with the others all voting in favor of the bill.
The Senate, where the government also has a majority, will soon give the bill a second reading. If the Senate makes no amendments to the text, that will also be its final reading, as the government has declared the bill "urgent," a procedural move that reduces the usual cycle of four readings to two. Any disagreements between the two parliamentary chambers will be reconciled by a commission appointed by the government.
Full article available at http://www.pcworld.com/article/189542/french_net_filtering_plan_moves_forwar...
Rudi Vansnick President Internet Society Belgium vzw Voorzitter TIK vzw Board member EURALO (ALAC - ICANN) ccNSO liaison
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