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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. Re:It's All About CONTROL! by supernova_hq · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Are you a completely moron, a troll or did I just get whooshed? Nobody owns the internet. Some people may own "pieces" of the internet, but nobody owns the Internet.

  2. true free speech is rare in the world by peter303 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    America gets critized for a lot of things, many justifiably. But its so-called Bill of Rights is mroe firmly followed than in most other countries, inlcuding "liberal Europe". Cults like Scientology and Mormonism are banend in parts of Europe. "Pre-trial publicity" and "reasonable doubt" are not as entrenched in other places liek the during the recent Italian trial of the the Seattle woman.