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Europe, Free Speech, And The Internet

Posted by timothy on from the never-enough-busybodies dept.

drdale writes "Declan McCullagh responds at CNET.com to a proposal by the Council of Europe to require Internet sites to publish replies by individuals whom the sites criticize. This would apply to all web sites, apparently, including blogs. Per McCullagh, the Council's proposals do not have the force of law, but often serve as the basis for new laws." Imagine the chilling effect if McCullagh's own politechbot and similar sites had to follow such rules.

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  1. Re:Dupe, i think so... by FearUncertaintyDoubt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    it is

  2. Re:Dupe, i think so... by zptdooda · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Naw it's just /. exercising their right of repetition.

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  3. redundant mods by stinky+wizzleteats · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can someone please explain to me how it is possible to mod comments redundant that concern themselves with the redundancy of the topic?

    There have been whole threads in this topic bitchslapped redundant.

  4. Deja vu... by nacturation · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Whoah, deja vu.

    What was it? What did you see?

    There was this article on Slashdot, and then another just like it.

    Was it the same article?

    Could be, I don't know.

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