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UK Gov't Launches 'Your Freedom' Website To Seek Laws Worth Repealing

Posted by timothy on from the required-plug-in-crashed dept.

Firefalcon writes "The UK Government launched Thursday the 'Your Freedom' website, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, to 'identify laws that should be repealed.' In a recent tweet, Police State UK pointed out an article in the New Statesman which appeals for people to call on the Government to repeal the ill thought-out Digital Economy Act that was rushed through Parliament without sufficient scrutiny. While part of the Act is regarding the digital TV switchover, other sections allow for users to be restricted or disconnected from the Internet at the behest of copyright owners, which goes against the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty' that has been in place since the Magna Carta."

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  1. Seriously? by cstec · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Damm, that rocks. Can we have some?

  2. This Is Good by Bottles · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am writing this from within the maximum security wing of the New British National Defence Forces detention island.

    I was absolutely delighted to share all of my views about laws I felt needed repealing in the UK. My IP address was in no way used to trace my identity and when my new friends from the NBNDF came to talk to me I felt I was completely fulfilled by their probing and vigorous questions.

    I have not been added to any lists of registered subversives.

    My stay at the security wing has been fulfilling. I feel refreshed, invigorated and entirely supportive of the NBNDF. No electro-pain equipment was used upon me at all during this week.

    Signed,
    Mr Bottles.

  3. Note to America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is what can happen in the rest of the civilised world if you vote for the third party.

  4. Re:Sounds great, but... by CaptainOfSpray · · Score: 5, Informative

    They are actually moderating now, marking duplicates, removing real nonsense (suggestions to repeal a law that doesn't exist) etc. They didn't on Day 1 because of the volume of traffic.

    Unfortunately, that still allows a lot of idiocy to be on display.

    But there is also plenty of good highlighting of idiotic laws and regs. Have a read - you might enjoy it.

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