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[ NNSquad ] French moving ahead with massive (and certainly ineffective) Internet censorship plan
French moving ahead with massive (and certainly ineffective) Internet censorship plan http://bit.ly/8ZxoqQ (Good Gear Guide) Before readers start sending me the usual "those guys are idiots, it will never work!" responses ... Remember ... the politicians pushing this sort of crap generally have technical advisors, and understand that it won't actually work for the stated purposes. These laws (from legislators' standpoints) are purely political, so that they can claim to their less well-informed constituents that they've "done something" about the horrible Internet. That's one of the reasons why a normally "third-rail" issue like c-porn is so handy as a facilitator to push these things through. And short of reactivating the bagne de Cayenne in French Guiana, casting the Internet as the great evil communicator carries a lot of political bang for the buck, er .. franc, uh, euro. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator