UK: Theresa May to create new Internet that would be controlled and regulated by the government

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: May 19, 2017 at 11:08:37 AM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] UK: Theresa May to create new Internet that would be controlled and regulated by the government
>
>
> UK: Theresa May to create new Internet that would be controlled and regulated by the government
>
> https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/theresa-may-internet-conservatives-government-a7744176.html
>
>      The government now appears to be launching a similarly radical
>    change in the way that social networks and internet companies
>    work. While much of the internet is currently controlled by
>    private businesses like Google and Facebook, Theresa May
>    intends to allow government to decide what is and isn't
>    published, the manifesto suggests.  The new rules would
>    include laws that make it harder than ever to access
>    pornographic and other websites. The government will be able
>    to place restrictions on seeing adult content and any
>    exceptions would have to be justified to ministers, the
>    manifesto suggests.  The manifesto even suggests that the
>    government might stop search engines like Google from
>    directing people to pornographic websites. "We will put a
>    responsibility on industry not to direct users - even
>    unintentionally - to hate speech, pornography, or other
>    sources of harm," the Conservatives write.
>
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>
> Screw this.
>
> --Lauren--



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