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The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet

Posted by Soulskill on from the think-of-le-children dept.

Psychophrenes writes "A new episode in French internet legislation — French ministers have passed a bill (original in French) allowing the government to add any website to a black list, which access providers will have to enforce. This black list will be defined by the government only, without requiring the intervention of the legal system. Although originally intended against pedo-pornographic websites, this bill is already outdated, as was Hadopi in its time, and instead paves the way for a global censorship of the 'French internet.'"

2 of 419 comments (clear)

  1. someone remind me.... by inerlogic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    why did we save those assholes from the Germans again?

  2. Re:the usual stalking horse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The damnedest thing is that pedophiles are about as peaceful a group of people as can be found

    Except of course when they abuse children. I know, details...

    This is not about rehabilitating pedophilia. This is about protecting freedom of speech, and this is about not letting the government abuse victims of pedophiles once more in the pursuit of a censorship infrastructure. People who abuse children should still get life imprisonment.