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The Great Firewall of Europe

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-that'll-happen dept.

Glyn Moody writes "The Presidency of the EU's Law Enforcement Working Party wants to create [PDF] 'a single secure European cyberspace with a certain "virtual Schengen border" and "virtual access points" whereby the Internet Service Providers (ISP) would block illicit contents on the basis of the EU "black-list."' Leaving aside the fact that this won't work for lots of reasons, how seriously can you take anyone talking about 'cyberspace' in 2011?"

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  1. Different terminology by Exitar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here in Europe we use the term "cyberspace" to describe what in the US you call "Series of tubes".

  2. Re:Not nearly as bad... by Lord_of_the_nerf · · Score: 4, Funny

    how seriously can you take anyone talking about "cyberspace" in 2011?"

    Let them do it. From what I'm reading, they think the Internet is a place in Germany.