Report Warns Against Well-Meaning Net Censorship

athloi writes "A report entitled 'Governing the Internet,' was issued Thursday by the 56-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The document, which highlights the increasing environment of internet 'policing' around the world, characterized the practice as 'a bitter reminder of the ease with which some regimes -- democracies and dictatorships alike -- seek to suppress speech that they disapprove of, dislike, or simply fear.' From the article: 'The OSCE report says Kazakhstan's efforts to rein in Internet journalism in the name of national security is reminiscent of Soviet-era "spy mania," and it says Georgian law contains numerous provisions curbing freedom of expression online. Web sites, blogs and personal pages all are subject to criminal as well as civil prosecution in Kazakhstan, and the country's information minister, Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, has vowed to purge Kazakh sites of "dirt" and "lies."'"

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Poop jokes censored

[Corpuscavernosa]

Make sure you don't make poop jokes in relation to an aged Spock. While not a governmental body, you will get karmically censored by /. users. Beware this karmic encroachment on our freedom of speech. What's next? I dare not mention the overriding brown ambiance surrounding the Ubuntu theme.