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Collateral Damage as UK Censors Internet Archive

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-that's-not-good dept.

An anonymous reader noted the latest developments in the controversial censoring of the internet by UK ISPs. Apparently since some content of the Wayback Machine is bad, the whole thing needs to be blacklisted.

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  1. Re:Simply appalling by xaxa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Far more important (IMO) is what happened in the House of Commons today:

    Background for non UK people:
    The government wants to build a third runway at London Heathrow Airport. This will require demolishing a village near Heathrow, and mean there are more planes flying over London (noisy) and mean London doesn't meet the EU pollution reqirements.

    A significant number of Labour MPs don't think the runway should be built (there have been other suggestions). A lot of environmental groups agree. Both the current and previous Mayor of London don't want it built either

    Today, the government announced that the runway would be built. Some MPs wanted it to be put to vote in the House of Commons, but it wasn't.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7831091.stm (this one in particular, if you want to hear a Labour MP complaining about a lack of democracy)
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7829676.stm