France The Latest Country To Approve Internet Censorship
from the head-in-sand dept
It appears that France is the latest country to approve plans to censor the internet. The excuse is pretty much the same as Russia's: focus on child pornography first, but leave out the fact that the same rules can be used to censor any content the government doesn't like. We've discussed this many times before: "filtering" content on the internet doesn't actually get rid of that content. It's just a tool for government control. In the case of things like child pornography, blocking those sites doesn't help anyone. It doesn't stop those involved in child pornography. If these governments were serious about taking on child pornography, they'd actually go after the child pornographers rather than trying to hide their sites. These laws are about one thing and one thing only: getting more control over the internet for the sake of censorship. They all focus on child pornography because that makes it easy.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Stupid People
What disgusts me the most is how whenever politicians want to pass legislation that everyone KNOWS is an act of censorship to keep the public under control, they mask it under the guise of "protecting the children" or "fighting child pornography".
Honestly, at this point, I agree with the notion that using "protect the children" as an excuse to do anything is the worst possible reason and usually means something terrible is behind it all.
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> the children" as an excuse to do anything is
> the worst possible reason and usually means
> something terrible is behind it all.
Yep. Whenever I hear "protect the children", I reach for either my wallet or my gun because it means someone's about to try take either my money or my freedom (or both).
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About child porn...
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The familiar beating of the "for the chillllldrrrrennnn" drum
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Heh, I'm MARGINALLY tech-savvy at best....
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Err...ummm...I mean...our new government....
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Something something something, complete
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Censorship based on child porn...
Go after the pornographers, call them what they are, child molesters and put them in prison. Prisoners don't like child molesters. Let them all know what they are.
They won't last long...
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censor whom???
well if the "three strike folks" have their way,france won't have anyone to censor....
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Considering how much of a socialist state France is, the whole Hadopi thing is from right field. For the most part, they should be more like Spain, allowing their citizens to enjoy the bounty that others create.
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The Four Horsemen
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It's all about power
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Good
Not all publishers of illegal material can be so easily apprehended. I wouldn't want a world where the police can't shut down a crack-house without first having to apprehend the owner.
The paranoid, anti-establishment, outraged masses who scream for freedom of "their internet" are no less destructive than the paranoid moralists who scream to control it.
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And if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear!
The comparison you are looking for is
"I wouldn't want a world where the police have to follow due process to enforce the law. I think they should be able to shut down that crack house, my neighbor's house, even my house as long as they promise that they are 'helping the children' or 'fighting terrorists'. I am sure they will never Use all of these powers, right?"
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Net effect: The government is creating a hiding place for people it "claims" it is trying to stop.
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> prevent illegal material from being published
> if we don't have a legal mechanism to enforce
> the law.
I've said the same thing about immigration laws for years. Why have them if no one is going to enforce them? If only the government were as zealous there as they are about copyright.
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"And I Quote"
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Any one else getting a little tired of the Chicken Little act?
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Given all the precedent, odds of this being used for other censorship acts is...oh, 100%.
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"But... but... Censorship!"
It's funny as heck when all their hand ringing just leaves them with sore hands.
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child porn revelation
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT CHILD PORN THEN CHECK OUT ADDRESS AND TELL OTHERS
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child porn revelation
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT CHILD PORN THEN CHECK OUT ADDRESS AND TELL OTHERS
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child porn revelation
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT CHILD PORN THEN CHECK OUT ADDRESS AND (((-TELL OTHERS-)))
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