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The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet
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 Although originally intended against pedo-pornographic websites, this bill is already outdated, as was Hadopi in its time, and instead paves the way for a global censorship of the 'French internet.'"
...that Wikileaks is on that list? Or similar sites?
The business of government only expands in power and revenue throughout its lifetime, never willingly or permanently reducing power or revenue. History has proven this over and over again, to the point where one could argue that the entire objective of government is power and revenue.
I remain absolutely shocked that the common man doesn't consider this a giant red flag.
There goes that "Liberté" thing you fought for. Better luck next time.
The problem with that is that France is now what the US will be in a few years... pissed off that it's no longer a global superpower, and pissed off that it's language is no longer considered the "lingua franca" for global commerce.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
it's not a labor issue. the french will burn down their cities on any minor issue having to do with labor laws
likewise, americans don't consider themselves free until everyone is walking around with unconcealed submachine guns. labor issues? not so much a concern
all nationalities have their quirky interpretation of what "free" means
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
For some weird reason government tends to listen more readily when the citizens have their SMGs.
(citation needed)
Umm, peaceful except for that whole assaulting and raping defenseless children part...
"I like systems, their application excepted", George Sand (French)
No, US citizens have small guns.
The US government has *much* bigger guns.
Right behind the land of the brave, cowering and allowing their leaders to strip them of their liberty over a single terrorist attack that happened a decade ago.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Words are just fine to fight fascism, right up to the point when there is some fascism to fight. Civil society/democracy does not apply to the fascists, so you need to reach for the guns which you melted down because words were your salvation within your (now rapidly shrinking) democracy.
A soviet Ghandi and his followers would all have ended up in the gulag.
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.