[Wikimedia-l] FUD&Chilling Effects&Filters&Outlawing

[ENWP Pine]

Some of what that article describes is absurd and would run counter to 
principles that I think Europe generally supports. I think most of us would 
agree that the internet can be used for dangerous and fraudulent purposes 
and that governments have a role in protecting the public from genuine 
danger and fraud, but those efforts need to be done in a reasonable and 
balanced way that respects important liberty principles that underpin 
governments that are "of the people, by the people, for the people."

I hope that WMF Legal takes a look at this article and evaluates how much of 
it is truthful. Hopefully that article is more rumor than truth.

Pine

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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:52:30 +0300
From: Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] FUD&Chilling Effects&Filters&Outlawing
Anonymity&Unrestricted Surveillance of the Nets 'Alive and Well in the
European Union'!!!
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http://www.edri.org/cleanIT

I challenge any knowledgeable and clueful person to peruse that above
link and not reel back in horror and incredulity... Can somebody either
confirm that people in WMF are aware of the above Charlie Foxtrot;
or failing that, bump it up to people who are qualified and empowered
to consider how WMF should approach the situation. Would be nice to
hear that the above report is inaccurate, unwarrantedly alarmist, or that
the proposals will come to nothing in any case, but...

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