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EU Commissioner Calls For Censorship of Web Search

Posted by kdawson on from the that's-gonna-work-you-betcha dept.

An anonymous reader sends us a Reuters story on a statement yesterday by Franco Frattini, the EU Justice and Security commissioner, who believes that Internet searches for bomb-making instructions should be blocked across the European Union. The commissioner "intend[s] to carry out a clear exploring exercise with the private sector... on how it is possible to use technology to prevent people from using or searching dangerous words like bomb, kill, genocide or terrorism..."

2 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Search by Erikderzweite · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is everyone talking about 9/11?
    I have absolutely no idea what has happened on 9-th of November.
    Speaking of international standards for dates... No wonder the USA has voted YES on OOXML issue.

  2. Re:OK by E++99 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It protects them from knowledge, isn't that the real goal of people like this?

    Knowledge only leads to questioning religion and authority.


    Get a clue. The EU might as well be officially atheist. It's more like knowledge leads to the questioning of "science" and "history".