UK Government Crowd-Sourcing Censorship 262
angry tapir writes "The UK public can report 'terrorism-related' Web sites to authorities for removal from the Internet under a new program launched by the British government. The program is a way in which the government is seeking to enforce the Terrorism Acts of 2000 and 2006. These laws make it illegal to have or to share information intended to be useful to terrorists, and ban glorifying terrorism or urging people to commit terrorist acts."
Me! Me! (Score:5, Funny)
I hereby report "slashdot.org".
First Post and Report (Score:1, Funny)
Re:"Removal from the internet"? (Score:5, Funny)
Catch 22 (Score:5, Funny)
Citizen: "Ossifer, I've looked at this website and it is terism"
Plod: "So you admit to looking at terism? Go directly to Belmarsh. Do not pass go"
Re:"Removal from the internet"? (Score:1, Funny)
it'd be great if someone just blew them the fuck up.
tube (Score:4, Funny)
So I reported the Subway (The Tube in the UK) schedules as being dramatically helpful to terrorists. Not only to target the subway itself but they might use it to get to their unrelated targets. Coming to think of it, let's shut down all Internet access cuz who knows what them terrorists will use it for...
Re:What is considered "terrorism-related"? (Score:4, Funny)
By that time everyone would be on IPv6 and their site won't work.. https://reporting.direct.gov.uk/bin/url_checker.php?url=ipv6.google.com [direct.gov.uk]
In all seriousness... (Score:4, Funny)
Content deemed illegal by the U.K. includes videos of beheadings, messages that encourage racial or terrorist violence and chat forums revolving around hate crimes, according to information on Direct.co.uk.
(emphasis mine)
YouTube comments, anyone?
Re:"Removal from the internet"? (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page281 [number10.gov.uk]
and
http://www.mi6.gov.uk/output/sis-home-welcome.html [mi6.gov.uk]
Re:What is considered "terrorism-related"? (Score:3, Funny)
sexual orientation or gender identity
Hmmm... does "Slashdot reader" also constitute a 'sexual orientation and/or gender identity'? :-)
;-)
My non-scientific list of common gender-identities in least-to-most discriminated order:
- Heterosexuals
- Hot lesbians
- Bisexual women
- Metrosexuals
- Feminist lesbians
- Homosexuals (male)
- Bisexual males
- Fetishists / 'Deviant' sexuals
- Slashdot reader (virgins)
Since roughly 50% of the population sexually discriminates against the average Slashdot reader you have reached the bottom of the list... Please report anyone that deserves to suffer for this grave injustice.
This just in... (Score:2, Funny)