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Web Censorship Proposed For Norway
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."
The United States has a full spectrum of nut groups. And that's just fine.
They keep each other honest.
Are you unaware of the number of countries in Europe in which it is downright illegal to deny the holocaust? I think holocaust deniers are full of shit, but that doesn't mean they should be thrown in jail. They have a right to their opinion whether I like what they have to say or not.
That's what free speech is all about.
The fact of the matter is the US has none of these arbitrary restrictions.
Right, and Europeans are never quick to label the U.S. "fascist" after seeing any given Bush administration proposal, whatever the content, whatever public opinion is, and whatever the actual possibilities of it passing.
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