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Privacy International Internet Censorship Report

Posted by michael on from the icmp-quench dept.

eric434 writes "The Register reports that Internet restrictions, government secrecy and communications surveillance have reached an unprecedented level across the world, from 9/11-inspired Patriot-esque laws to national internet filtering and corporate abuse of the legal system. Summarizing the Privacy International report, it's quite evident that we've not only approached but started down a slippery slope. In the words of Simon Davies (director of Privacy Intl.), 'The report sounds a warning that we must move quickly to preserve the remaining freedoms on the Internet before they are systematically extinguished.'"

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  1. whoa, boy, whoa! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    the article starts out saying

    United States and the United Kingdom ... have "led a global attack on free speech on the Internet"

    . Howz that? It then goes on to "prove" its case by detailing all the repressive things that China and Burma are doing...

    The US invented the right of free speech, and citizens here still have it.

    Sure, there is a tension and a pendulum and we should be vigilant, and the internet poses some new dilemmas, but overly bullshitty propoganda is one of the things that we get because of free speech, and i'm not so sure it help protect it.

  2. You sir are a terrorist. by Trigun · · Score: -1, Troll

    Please report to your nearest state-run reprogramming facility.

  3. It is now clear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We must ban moderation.
    FREE THE TROLLS!!

  4. Re:ATTENTION NERDS! by ideatrack · · Score: -1, Troll

    Are you criticising people who come to Slashdot for being interested in news found on Slashdot?

    If you aren't interested in Slashdot, why are you here?

  5. CENSOR THIS by mrtroy · · Score: -1, Troll

    Censor this. Censor this! Censor this? Censor this. Censor this. Censor this! Censor this? Censor this.Censor this. Censor this! Censor this? Censor this.Censor this. Censor this! Censor this? Censor this.Censor this. Censor this! Censor this? Censor this.

    Because if you do sensor this, you are one of them!

    --
    [I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]