The French Government is now blocking sites on the Internet. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8n3L3F45SLEJwIdAneWFZ5b7a-gD917A3I82French to block porn, terror, hate web sites
Jun 10, 2008 > PARIS (AP) — The French state and Internet service providers have struck a > deal to block sites carrying child pornography or content linked to > terrorism or racial hatred, Interior Minister Michel Alliot-Marie announced > Tuesday. > > The plan, part of a larger effort to fight cybercriminality, is to go into > effect in September when a "black list" will be built up based on input from > Internet users who signal sites dealing with the offensive material, the > minister said. > > The announcement comes on the heels of a similar deal in the United States, > also announced Tuesday. There, three service providers — Verizon, Sprint and > TimeWarner Cable_ have agreed with New York state officials to block child > pornography sites nationwide. > > Alliot-Marie said all service providers in France have agreed to block > offending sites but did not name them. > > "We can no longer tolerate the sexual exploitation of children in the form > of cyber-pedopornography," Alliot-Marie said. "We have come to an agreement: > the access to child pornography sites will be blocked in France. Other > democracies have done it. France could wait no longer." > > Among other countries that have already implemented similar measures > include Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Canada and New Zealand. > > Under the French plan, Internet users, via a platform, will be able to > signal inappropriate sites and the state, receiving the complaints in real > time, will then decide whether the sites are to go on a so-called black list > to be passed on to Internet service providers to enforce site blocks. > > Sites containing what appear to be blatant crimes will be referred to > judicial authorities, the minister said. > > As for offending sites hosted in other countries, France will pass on the > information via Interpol or Europol, the two police agencies, or seize > judicial authorities there, Alliot-Marie said. > > She insisted that the plan would not "create a Big Brother of the Internet" > and pledged her support for the "fundamental liberty that is Internet > access." > > France's upcoming presidency of the European Union will be a chance to > coordinate efforts between countries, she said, adding that efforts are > often needlessly duplicated and sites shut down in one country often pop up > in another. > While I am in favor of getting rid of every child porn site on the net, I am not in favor of this type of action. Once it starts, it won't stop. This is wrong and needs to be addressed immediately, we don't want our Internet to become like Chinas' Internet. *OT - Yep, those Mayans...what a bunch of smart guys! It is amazing how they could mathematically predict that we would be in a solar maximum in 2012, also predicting that Jupiter would be on the same side of the Sun as the Earth and crossing the Earths plane on December 12th of that year and also seeing that Earth would be transeding through the Milkyway on that date, a galactic period only seen every 26,000 years...y*ep, some pretty smart guys! Heres's a very good article: http://www.viewzone.com/endtime.html And you can also run simulations at NASA http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ If my Internet was blocked, I am sure that I would not get sites like the one above. The Internet, in America, is about free speech and our rights to it. By removing *ANY* groups, what ever they are, blocking my rights to the US Constitution. On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Tim Kerns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And the "End of the Internet" is also timed to happen the same year as the > "End of the World".... this is according to the "End" of the Mayan > calendar. > > Just what you wanted to know... > > lol :) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:10 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] 2012 - The End of the Internet > > > > This is not going to happen, it's a video on Youtube, any Joe Blow can > > post > > whatever on Youtube and there are a lot of videos like this on there set > > out > > to scare people. However I think that we will see "metered bandwidth" > > before > > this could ever happen. > > > > Kurt Fankhauser > > WAVELINC > > P.O. 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