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France Votes Tuesday On Net Censorship

Posted by timothy on from the to-go-with-ebay-censorship dept.

angry tapir writes "French lawmakers will vote next Tuesday on a proposal to filter Internet traffic. Part of a new security bill, the measure is intended to catch child pornographers. However, once the filtering system is in place it will allow the government to censor other material too. Slashdot has previously discussed Australia's proposed ISP-level filter."

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  1. Can't we all just get along? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The UK and AUS are doing this so it looks like Germany in 41

  2. France pwned by Germany again =) by [KERNEL32]_ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Germany pwns France since the Franco-prussian war, so, there is nothing really newsworthy here...

    But, may is this a good time for the Germans take another holyday trip in Paris?