[97329] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Level Content Blocking (UK)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Thu Jun 7 16:54:14 2007
To: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:40:20 +0200."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:53:16 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:40:20 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum said:
> Interestingly, nobody has mentioned on the list what the offending
> content is yet. Or why this would even remotely be a good idea.
Quoting the article http://publicaffairs.linx.net/news/?p=497
"At present, the government does not propose to require UK ISPs to block
content and our policy is to pursue a self-regulatory approach wherever
possible. However, our legislation as drafted provides the flexibility to
accomodate a change in Government policy should the need ever arise."
Lot of different ways to read that depending on your paranoia level. The
phrase "Slippery Slope" does come to mind, however...
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