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French Net Censorship Plan Moves Forward

angry tapir writes "French lawmakers have voted to approve a draft law to filter Internet traffic that Slashdot previously discussed. The government says the measure is intended to catch child pornographers. The Senate, where the government has a majority, will soon give the bill a second reading. If the Senate makes no amendments to the text, that will also be its final reading, as the government has declared the bill 'urgent,' a procedural move that reduces the usual cycle of four readings to two."

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  1. Bon chance! by edittard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bon chance avec ça!

    P.S. Preimer!

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  2. Re:Outmaneuvering censorship by Fred_A · · Score: 4, Funny

    In a place like France, people could easily get wifi signals from Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, etc depending on where they lived.

    Either you've got the range of WiFi quite a bit wrong, or you believe France is the size of a large apartment where over sixty million people somehow manage to fit.

    I don't know which option is weirder.

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  3. Re:Outmaneuvering censorship by OrangeTide · · Score: 3, Funny

    it has the word social in it, so you might as well just put up a big red flag as far as Americans are concerned.

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