Europe To Force Right of Reply On Internet Communication

Posted by Hemos on Monday June 16, 2003 @02:18AM from the you-must-be-able-to-respond dept.

David Buck writes "Today, the Council of Europe (an influential quasi-governmental body that drafts conventions and treaties) is to finalize a proposal that would force all Internet news organizations, moderated mailing lists and even web logs (blogs) to allow a right of response to any person or organization they criticize. This would mean that you would be required to post the responses as well as authenticate their origin and make the responses available for some period of time. This will likely have a chilling effect on Internet communication (at least in Europe)."

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Europe? Pah. by rasteri · 2003-06-16 02:29 · Score: 0, Troll

Buncha commie pinko leftie bastards deserve it. Oh, wait. The UK's still part of Europe, isn't it? This is easily the most oppressive legislation ever, and is an insult to all those in the free world!
I AM a representitive by oliverthered · 2003-06-16 03:33 · Score: 0, Troll

I AM a representitive of SCO and find it heighly demeaning that you do not trust me to post directly in the hournal.

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thank God the internet isn't a human right.