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[ NNSquad ] Video: "Internet Censorship Secret Planning Meeting"
Video: "Internet Censorship Secret Planning Meeting"
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000859.html
As I've discussed in depth previously, including in "Why PROTECT IP
Web Censorship Will Fail - But Lead to Much Worse"
( http://j.mp/legUSl [Lauren's Blog] ), organized efforts have been
launched, in the U.S. Congress and elsewhere, to impose broad new
censorship regimes on the Internet, even including the criminalization
of linking to "forbidden sites" -- and the government-mandated deletion
of associated search query results on search engines such as Google.
The implications are vast, dangerous, and virtually impossible to
overstate.
But have you wondered what goes on at the closed-door meetings where
the plans for Internet censorship are discussed? We know that various
censorship proponents are already playing hardball -- but just how
ruthless are they?
Perhaps this brief video clip apparently smuggled out of an "Internet
censorship planning meeting" gives some taste of the sensibilities and
attitudes that may already be in play.
"Internet Censorship Secret Planning Meeting":
http://j.mp/jeIIQD (YouTube / ~2 minutes)
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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