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."

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Re:Honestly

[Tom]

The way the government (left-right coalition) just ignored all expert testimony and all citicism could well loose them the younger generations completely.

It already did. So, by politician logic, they stopped caring about us at all.

The SPD (one of the two major parties) recently formed a technical consulting committee which helped the party leaders understand Internet and other modern technologies, and helped them campaign in these new mediums, etc.

Most of the committee walked out on them in disgust after yesterday's vote.