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Web Censorship Proposed For Norway

Posted by kdawson on from the great-firewall dept.

Aqwis writes "A Norwegian Web filtering system (link in Norwegian), comparable to the Great Firewall of China, has been proposed to the Norwegian legislature. It would, if enacted, block all Web sites and servers that contain hate material (racial hate, pro-Nazi sites, hate towards the government, etc.), most kinds of pornography (not only child pornography), foreign gambling sites, and sites that share copyrighted or other material that it is not legal to share (such as most BitTorrent sites and services such as LimeWire). Reactions have been mixed; however they are mostly negative."

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  1. Right by f_raze13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we block any obscene content, our people will become fine, upstanding citizens. And don't tell me to RTFA, because it's in Norwegian.

  2. No, relli! by j_presper_eckert · · Score: 5, Funny

    So people won't be able to read my blog about how a moose bit my sister once?

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  3. Porn? They practically invented it by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Norway censor porn? You're kidding, right?

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  4. Re:Curb your impulses! by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree. The Internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a big kringle. It's a series of fjords.

  5. Beautiful plumage! by President_Camacho · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we block any obscene content, our people will become fine, upstanding citizens. And don't tell me to RTFA, because it's in Norwegian.

    It's a well known fact that Norwegian blue content is easily blocked. As a matter of fact, the only reason it even shows up on the internet is because it's been nailed there.

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