Europe censors net... What's next?

From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 07:28:17 MST


Europeans Outlaw Net Hate Speech
By Julia Scheeres

02:00 AM Nov. 09, 2002 PT

The Council of Europe has adopted a measure that would criminalize
Internet hate speech, including hyperlinks to pages that contain
offensive content.

The provision, which was passed by the council's decision-making body
(the Committee of Ministers), updates the European Convention on
Cybercrime.

For the rest of this story, see
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56294,00.html



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