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UK Teachers Say Censor The Internet

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-can-you-have-any-pudding-if-you-smash-my-window dept.

Marlow the Irelander writes "The BBC is reporting that in response to a YouTube video of a schoolboy breaking his teacher's window (yes, this is a video), NASUWT, one of the teaching unions in the UK, is calling for legislation to control the internet. Could Britain, rather than the US, be the main front of the battle against censorship in 2007?" From the article: "Unfortunately, any yob or vandal can now have their 15 minutes of fame, aided and abetted by readily accessible technology and irresponsible internet sites which enable such behaviour to be glorified. [The general secretary of the union] said the union supported a zero tolerance approach in schools to pupils who used technology to abuse and undermine teachers, and called for more rigorous legislative control of internet sites which gave them license."

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  1. Something is wrong about this by Infonaut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Could Britain, rather than the US, be the main front of the battle against censorship in 2007?

    I thought such stupidity was the exclusive domain of the United States.

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  2. Shock, horror! by Dilaudid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So some socialists oppose freedom of speech. And this is news how, exactly?

  3. Re:Dumb criminals, not bad youtube by Chrisje · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >> Technically Immune.

    Hmmmm. Isn't Canada a part of Her Majesty's Commonwealth?

    From what I heard from Brits however, it stands to reason the teachers did indeed deserve it. All British people I've spoken that moved abroad (5) listed the education system as the number one reason to never want to return, specifically with their kids.

    Anyone care to comment on that aspect?