Germany Legislates For Mandatory Web Filters 309
An anonymous reader writes "Germany's Minister for Families has announced a legislative initiative to force ISPs to implement a government-mandated block list (in English), which will be updated daily. The BKA (Germany's equivalent of the FBI) will be in charge of generating and maintaining the list. As usual, this is being brought in under the 'fight child porn' guise. The minister is quoted as saying: 'We must not water down the problem' in reply to being challenged that this law and technology could be used to censor other content. She then went on to say: 'I can't know what wishes and plans future governments will develop.' She has agreed the principle of the legislation with the interior minister and the technology minister, which in German coalition government terms means it's pretty much a done deal."
in a word (Score:4, Funny)
DeutschBags
Re:Well, someone has to say it. (Score:2, Funny)
If the brown shirt fits ...
Re:Well, someone has to say it. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Um is this ironic? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:In other words... (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, it's Germany...
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SCHNELL!! SCHNELLLLLLL!!!!
And how, Sir, do you know this? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm pretty sure at this point,
How do you know this? Please speak clearly into the microphone, and don't mind the good officer who is getting ready to arrest you.
Jings crivens & hulp ma boab! (Score:4, Funny)
Och, are ye nae?
A braw bunch o miserable bastids, aye, that they were. Och.
Noo awa wi ye, or I'll put the heid on ye.
Re:Well, someone has to say it. (Score:4, Funny)
We all know the old
"Your post advocates a
( ) technical ( ) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante
approach to fighting spam."
Is there an equivalent to this old form for child porn?
This news item advocates a
( ) technical (x) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante
approach to fighting spam.
This idea will not work. Here is why it won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to this particular idea, and it may have other flaws which used to vary from state to state before a bad federal law was passed.)
(x) Other legitimate uses would be affected
( ) Users of email will not put up with it
( ) Microsoft will not put up with it
( ) The police will not put up with it
(X) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once
etc etc etc
Has anyone made one yet or should I start?