German Parliament Enacts Internet Censorship Law

TheTinyToon writes that by a vote of 389 to 128, "the proposed censorship law to block child porn has been passed by the German government. Not surprisingly, a member of the conservative party (CDU) announced plans to also check if the law could be extended to include so-called 'killer games' like Counterstrike, only two hours after the law was passed. More [in German] on netzpolitik.org."

Comments

Calculator Porn?

[Hecatonchires]

519009

Quick, extend this law to Tetris

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

some of the blocks have a very phallic shapes. Like for instance:

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Eew... Think of the children!

Re:Quick, extend this law to Tetris

[agw]

Some German magazine was quicker. Latest cover:

http://www.titanic-magazin.de/uploads/pics/0612-tetris.jpg
("25 years of tetris: Who stops this killer game?")

Re:Quick, extend this law to Tetris

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, a Tetris block looks like this:

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Stop exaggerating, it's not even your own block.

Honestly

[acehole]

What is the deal with these people? What is their major problem with video games? Did their digital mothers get spawn camped and teabagged when they were children?

Re:Dr.Goebbels would love this

[Logic and Reason]

...many German politicians swore up and down that they had excercised the Ghost of Hitler.

Why would they want to do that? Do ghosts even need exercise?

Re:Locks only keep honest people honest

[interkin3tic]

Might as well just make the list public knowledge. Anyone with the inclination to view the material will be able to find it easier with any list made.

Easy solution: the list of places with child porn will not be shown to anyone. The telecoms will just have to block those sites on the secret list without seeing the list. Is that too much to ask to protect our children?!? JESUS CHRIST WHY WON'T YOU PEOPLE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?

Re:What Might Have Been

[Swanktastic]

Did you know that there's a direct correlation between the decline of Spirograph and the rise in gang activity?

Think about it.

Re:or not!

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

I still see very few people who are willing to openly discuss their private or sexual lives with others

If you started talking to other people about your sex life, do you not realise that they would probably then begin to talk to you about about their sex lives? Try looking before you leap.

Re:'straya

[HeronBlademaster]

I hope you're dripping that into an IV, not a catheter...