Govt internet filtering

Shoved into the internet tubes on January 15, 2009 by Hegemonic Pundit

Another great liberal idea. Remember, liberals love big government, and ultimately recognize no limit to how much it can ‘protect you’. Germany’s liberal government has plans to ‘protect the children’:

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.  ~slashdot.org

This is maybe because of Germany’s rampant pedophilia?

Concerns that such a system could also be an instrument of censorship for other themes and topics are wanted von der Leyen not accept: “We must not dilute the issue.” Kinderpornografie sei als Thema und Problem “klar abgrenzbar”. Child pornography is a problem issue and “clearly identifiable.” Sie könne jedoch nicht ausschließen, was “künftige Bundesregierungen” für “Wünsche und Pläne entwickeln”. You can not exclude what future federal governments “for” needs and develop plans. “  ~spiegel.de

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