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W3C.org Briefly Censored In Finland

Posted by timothy on from the well-they-do-inspire-impure-thoughts dept.

k33l0r writes "The web site of W3C, w3.org or w3c.org, was briefly censored (Google Translation) by at least some of the local ISPs. For an unknown reason the URL was mistakenly entered into the Federal Police's censor database. Some of the Finnish ISPs use the database to filter out questionable content such as child pornography." Finnish online activist Matti Nikki describes some of the problems with this database-based censorship.

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  1. That's no biggie... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Redmond, Washington w3.org has been blacklisted for the developers of Internet Explorer for years!

  2. Clever strategy by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously child-porn websites can't exist without protocol standards that designate how things like HTTP and HTML are to work.

    The police who created this list were simply cutting off the head of the beast. Sure, there might be a little collateral damage... but won't somebody think of the children?

    Anyhow, mission accomplished. You might even say it has been finnished.

    1. Re:Clever strategy by lysergic.acid · · Score: 3, Funny

      ah, but there are still analog transmission methods. the way i see it, eyeballs are the problem...

    2. Re:Clever strategy by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

      [Finland censorship activated] ah, but there are still ****og transmission methods. the way i see it, eye***** are the problem...

    3. Re:Clever strategy by Ortega-Starfire · · Score: 4, Funny

      "but won't somebody think of the children?"

      That is precisely the situation they are trying to stop.

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  3. Re:penis! by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not in Finland you're not.

  4. Here's how it happened... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some child pornographers are very concerned with valid HTML, and linked to their validator on their pages. As a result, it was flagged as related to child porn.

  5. Interesting. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly Finland only approves of mature web standards...

  6. Re:Blacklists suck. by Ihmhi · · Score: 3, Funny

    So far all I've figured out is that W3C has a lot of clout and you're apparently looking for gay porn in Finland.

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