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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?"

2 of 191 comments (clear)

  1. Re:EU turning into US? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    If you consider kiddie porn, expression, you might need some help.

  2. for other non euros like myself by circletimessquare · · Score: 1, Informative

    who have no bleeping clue what a "schengen border" is:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

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