EU Pushes to Limit Internet Speech

minamar writes "CNN is reporting that at an international conference, the EU is urging the US and other nations to ban racist and 'hate' messages from the internet. The US seems to be resisting, but is this another step away from free speech and how could an international group possibly regulate message on the internet anyway?"

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Re:Why is this shocking?

[dipipanone]

Perhaps that might be true if this article was even close to accurate. However, this story had nothing at all to do with the EU or the EU government.

According to the story, the people who are proposing this are delegates at a conference organized by France and an organization called the Organization for The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

According to their website, this organization is "the largest regional security organization in the world, with 55 participating states from Europe, Asia, Central and North America."

Seems to me therefore, that it would be just as accurate for this story to have been written 'US Federal Government pushes to limit internet speech'.

MOD PARENT UP!

[Przepla]

I never thought that I was going to write post asking for Modding Parent Up, but here I am.

In Europe there are really many international organisations. There is European Union, European Economic Area, Council of Europe and referenced in the CNN article Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). All of them are important and in fact are making some kind of supranational governemnts. But they are different!

OSCE which is said to be an involved in the conference has NOTHING to do with the European Union beside that all EU members are OSCE members as well!