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----------------------------- CUT ------------------------------- Web sites blackout over Spanish monitoring law By John Leyden Posted: 14/10/2002 at 13:00 GMT Spanish Web site operators have taken their sites offline in protest at government proposals to regulate online content. The spontaneous protest comes amidst deep concern among free speech advocates about Spain's "Law of Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce" (or LSSI as it is known in Spain), which became effective on Saturday (October 12th). Under the law Web sites must register with the government and ISPs are obliged to monitor sites for illicit content, which they must report to the authorities. [...] ----------------------------- CUT -------------------------------
