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British Move Toward Censoring “Unsavory” Internet Speech
Submitted by Melinda L. Secor on Sun, 2014-03-23 01:00
"Now, Security and Immigration Minister, James Brokenshire, has stated that the government is not content with censoring language viewed as terroristic but wants to remove “”unsavoury” content.” He acknowledges that such content is not illegal but express a desire to sanitize the web of such speech."
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Is there no end to the number of people who believe that authoritative censorship is compatible with a free society? I am eager to see how the people who will actually be affected respond to this.
Here are a couple interesting articles from different sources this morning:
http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/35144/Congress-Mulls-Licensing...
http://dollarvigilante.com/blog/2014/3/23/tdv-week-in-review-march-23rd-...
Sam