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After Berlusconi Attack, Italy Considers Web Censorship

Posted by timothy on from the streisand-should-charge-a-consulting-fee dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Italian government has proposed introducing new restrictions on the Internet after a Facebook fan page for the man who allegedly attacked Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday drew almost 100,000 users in under 48 hours. However, the planned clampdown on Internet hate speech sparked a heated debate over censorship and freedom of expression, leading Interior Minister Roberto Maroni to execute a partial U-turn."

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  1. A partial U-turn by Sarten-X · · Score: 3, Funny

    Usually, we just call that "turning left" (or right, depending on your country)

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    1. Re:A partial U-turn by MBGMorden · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think in most fonts a J turn ends up being equivalent to a U turn. Those damned serif fonts will screw up your turns every time though.

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  2. Partial U turn? by Nomaxxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    "leading Interior Minister Roberto Maroni to execute a partial U-turn." What's a partial U-turn? ...a L-turn?

    1. Re:Partial U turn? by Chrisq · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or a J turm

  3. Re:Hrmm by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I f$%&/n' hate being italian.

    You know paisan, I felt the same way after I saw that Jersey Shore TV show.

    Disgrazia!

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