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Wow. I didn't know that the UK has a censorship infrastructure.


Censorship is done right when you don't even realize its existence.


Good thing. Looks like we aren't quite there yet.



Didn't know?! Every western Europe country has one for child porn. It's just badly done with wide blacklisting in the UK.

http://map.opennet.net/filtering-soc.html


Germany doesn't. The government just decided not to implement blocking (after arguing about it for years). Anyone (worldwide) who hosts child porn will be contacted by the police and asked to delete it. (When that was tested in January, 99% of the offending sites were gone after four weeks.)

That's why I was so surprised. I only really followed the debate in Germany (that's where I'm from), not in the rest of Europe.


They're trying to get internet filters back through the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag (gambling act), so if you're interested in an uncensored internet in Germany, contact http://www.ak-zensur.de/ and see how you can help.


DA notices aren't legally enforceable though. Most newspapers comply voluntarily.

They're overseen by a committee of both government representatives and those from the press and news distribution (including Google's Europe head of PR)

see http://www.dnotice.org.uk/


Perhaps, but given their sensitivity you would want to comply or face some difficult discussions with intelligence agencies.


They may not be enforceable by the letter of the law, they aren't quite as "advisory" as the name would imply.




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