Friday, February 19, 2010



France moves closer to unprecedented Internet censorship

We read:
"The lower house of the French parliament has approved a draft bill that will allow the state unprecedented control over the Internet. Although the government says it will improve security for ordinary citizens, civil rights activists are warning of a ‘new level’ of censorship and surveillance. …

According to the draft legislation, the law ‘makes it the responsibility of each Internet service provider to ensure that users don’t have access to unsuitable content.’ The list of banned Web sites would be provided by the Interior Ministry. …

Under the new French legislation, police and security forces would be able to use clandestinely installed software, known in the jargon as a ‘Trojan horse,’ to spy on private computers. Remote access to private computers would be made possible under the supervision of a judge.”

Source

It's a different approach from Italy but equally pernicious.

6 comments:

Stan B said...

"Grand Frère" lives in France.

Anonymous said...

Oh, but they are very much alike.

Anonymous said...

3:27 remember
fascists are just a group that binds themselves together for common good and those national socialists , well , their just socialists .


ISHGEBOR

Anonymous said...

In a perfect world hacking any machine that is not hooked up to life support would be allowed.

Having a computer that is controlling a persons life support would be illegal to connect to the internet in some careless manner.

Hacking is just sending requests. Theperson who allowed a machine to be vulnerable on his property is responsible for any data loss, or thing the machine does.

Anonymous said...

Italian and French are both Romance languages.

Anonymous said...

Really? Cool! So what?