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Japanese Government to Regulate Online Communication
Chris Salzberg writes "The Japanese government made major moves this month toward legislating extensive regulation over online communication. In a series of little-publicized meetings, two distinct government ministries pushed ahead with regulation in three major areas of online communication: web content, mobile phone access, and file sharing. Content regulation will cover anything on the web, including personal blogs and web pages. Upcoming mandatory filtering of mobile phone access is targeted at users under age 18, and will cover chat rooms, forums, bulletin boards and social networking services. File sharing legislation will initially target illegal downloads, but, according to critics, may ultimately broaden to include streaming media from sites such as YouTube."
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... oh, never mind, the Eiffel Tower.
Tell that to Benazir Bhutto[1].
[1] Just in case you're American, she was a former prime minister of Pakistan[2]
[2] It's near India.[3]
[3] That's in Asia. [4][8]
[4] East of Europe[5], North of Africa[6]
[5] You know, England, France[7], etc
[6] Where Florida hurricanes[11] and black people come from.
[7] Ballet, Dijon mustard, and
[8] Still not getting it? The Eastern hemisphere[9]
[9] The other side of the world[11] from where you are now[10]
[10] No, NOT Brazil. The OTHER other side.
[11] The weather, not the sports team
[12] Planet Earth, where everyone... oh fuck it.
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>>Tell that to Benazir Bhutto[1].
>> [1] Just in case you're American, she was a former prime minister of Pakistan[2]
>> [2] It's near India.[3]
> [3] That's in Asia. [4][8]
> [4] East of Europe[5], North of Africa[6]
> [5] You know, England, France[7], etc
> [6] Where Florida hurricanes[11] and black people come from.
> [7] Ballet, Dijon mustard, and
> [8] Still not getting it? The Eastern hemisphere[9]
> [9] The other side of the world[11] from where you are now[10]
> [10] No, NOT Brazil. The OTHER other side.
> [11] The weather, not the sports team
> [12] Planet Earth, where everyone... oh fuck it.
Well-played, Sir. (I'm an American, and I LOL'd!)
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