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A Black Day For Internet Freedom In Germany

Posted by kdawson on from the sun-going-down dept.

Several readers including erlehmann and tmk wrote to inform us about the dawning of Internet censorship in Germany under the usual guise of protecting the children. "This week, the two big political parties ruling Germany in a coalition held the final talks on their proposed Internet censorship scheme. DNS queries for sites on a list will be given fake answers that lead to a page with a stop sign. The list itself is maintained by the German federal police (Bundeskriminalamt). A protest movement has formed over the course of the last several months, and over 130K citizens have signed a petition protesting the law. Despite this, and despite criticism from all sides, the two parties sped up the process for the law to be signed on Thursday, June 18, 2009."

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  1. Geez! by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, those Germans are worse than Nazis.

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    1. Re:Geez! by HaZardman27 · · Score: 3, Funny

      How long until the "internet burnings" begin?

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    2. Re:Geez! by skuzzlebutt · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wait, is that why all of my .pl requests are going to .de all of a sudden? Spoooky....

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  2. Re:These parties are also big Linux supporters by despe666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Godwin's law on the first post? Come on give us a chance at least!

  3. Holy shit! by jockeys · · Score: 5, Funny

    This thread is Godwin-proof!

    Think about it:
    1. it's a story about government censorship (with all the usual iron-fisted delicacy wielded by big-government)
    2. it's a process that is completely non-transparent, and creates a sort of internet-secret-police
    3. it's happening in Germany

    It's the perfect storm of internet flamewars, completely immune to Godwin's Lawn!

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    1. Re:Holy shit! by solafide · · Score: 3, Funny

      Godwin: "You young folks these days, thinking you're immune to me. Get off my lawn!"

    2. Re:Holy shit! by Jesselnz · · Score: 2, Funny

      This really isn't a big deal. If the Germans want Internet, they can just take it from Poland, or maybe France (they could connect the tubes through Belgium). It worked last time, didn't it?

  4. Re:Gigaton Fail - by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not what the Ministry of Truth told me.

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  5. Re:Freudian Slip or Bad Translation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    From TFA:

    ... circumcising constitutional freedoms.

    A little snip here, a little snip there...

  6. Re:I know the feeling. by an+unsound+mind · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Nazi Germany... wait, that isn't funny.

  7. Don't worry... by Shoe+Puppet · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... no one has the intention to erect a firewall

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  8. Re:I know the feeling. by powerlord · · Score: 2, Funny

    I feel bad for the people in Germany, but I'm glad its not me.

    I'm sure there's a word that describes my secret joy about their bad-luck, but I can't remember it.

    Probably in some foreign language or something.

    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude)

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  9. Re:The 1st thing to come to mind was... by CompMD · · Score: 2, Funny

    WWHD(ITHTIIT1940S)?