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Germany Legislates For Mandatory Web Filters
An anonymous reader writes "Germany's Minister for Families has announced a legislative initiative to force ISPs to implement a government-mandated block list (in English), which will be updated daily. The BKA (Germany's equivalent of the FBI) will be in charge of generating and maintaining the list. As usual, this is being brought in under the 'fight child porn' guise. The minister is quoted as saying: 'We must not water down the problem' in reply to being challenged that this law and technology could be used to censor other content. She then went on to say: 'I can't know what wishes and plans future governments will develop.' She has agreed the principle of the legislation with the interior minister and the technology minister, which in German coalition government terms means it's pretty much a done deal."
Your being modded informative is proof that Slashdot is a joke in the shitter. Looks like it's time for me to revert to anonymous professional troll mode again so that I can let dumbass mods waste their points on myself as well.
>>>But trying to stop people from accessing Kiddie Porn is a good thing.
You presume that nudity is a bad thing. I completely disagree. "Because God created it, the human body can be uncovered and still preserve His splendor." - Pope John Paul. There's nothing sinful about a naked human body.
As for sex: What should be banned is the ACT of underage rape, not the mere shadows captured on a negative. The former is what harms children and teens, not the latter. (Especially if the latter consists of CGI characters, not real people.)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Um, that was not, and is not, the case pretty much anywhere outside the US. This is pretty much just American brainwashing propaganda that started in the 50s and goes on to this day. Last I checked, ethnic cleansing was never a part of any Communist doctrine, and all of Stalin's "crimes" pale in comparison to what Bush is doing in Iraq.