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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:Please Do It, Italy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    His media power has really brainwashed the majority of citizens there..

    Sounds much like what the leader(s) of the United States are trying to do with their citizens. Poor America. They are slowing turning marxist/socialist, and according to the polls, 50% of the people don't seem to mind.

    Sad.

  2. welcome censorship! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Think before talk. And talk if u KNOW.
    In Italy we have dumb people that loves terrorists. And this is a fact. They show it many times.
    (Yes, they also went happy for 11 september, and they are the same of today)
    And in the same way they incitate the dumbass that hits our President.
    I wonder what police would do to the culprit in China, or Russia, or USA... (In China & Russia the right thing. I love that countries)
    So, if censorship means "close that idiot facebook, the idiots community" and give a break to monkey writings like "kill him, kill her"...
    welcome censorship!
    Like we make laws to avoid people "shitting" in the road, is right to keep clean also the network.

    I'm not PRO Berlusconi, but against stupid people.

  3. Re:Hrmm by iamhassi · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not surprised Italy is having a problem with the internet after they sentenced Amanda Knox to 26 years on 100% circumstantial evidence that would be laughable even for a TV drama. What other BS do you want to do Italy? My wife wanted to go someday but not now, not ever.

    --
    my karma will be here long after I'm gone
  4. Pro-communism parades in Rome. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I was in Rome last week for the first time and saw Pro-communism parades going on while I was there.

    As an American, this blew my mind.

    I'm not sure they'd have the right to have such a parade if they were under communism.