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British Minister In Discussions With Obama to Filter Internet to 'Protect the Children'

By DrewWilson

Britain and the United States next in line to filter the internet while saying the internet is nothing more than a broadcaster? Last week, we posted a relatively thorough piece on why the internet should not be considered little more than a broadcaster mainly because we saw the government using the description to push internet censorship legislation. Now it seems as though even more governments around the world are using the argument that the 'internet is little more than a broadcaster' excuse to pass censorship legislation - and one of the next governments to use these arguments could be the government of the United States. The latest wave of attempts to control the internet seems to be finally catching a headline or two in mainstream news outlets. The CBC is reporting that the British culture minister is in talks with Obama to implement a ratings system that is similar to that of normal film ratings. With this sort of system, it is being suggested that there should be legislation that forces ISPs to offer filtering technology to their customers.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on December 28, 2008 (boomark / email).