On 27/10/2007, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Due to the US
constitution it is rather hard to do. By comparison EU
countries often have a selection of laws such as anti holocaust denial
laws that could be used as a basis for internet censorship. I admit
that I don't know much about the situation in japan.
The US constitution can be and has been amended. I know Germany has
anti-Nazi laws, and Austria might as well, but they certainly aren't
universal in the EU.
Also appear in France and a fair chunk of the other occupied
countries. Also blasphemy laws and the like. Spain also has some laws
about what you can say about the king.
The only "censorship" I can see happening in
the
UK is regarding child pornography and things than fall under various
terrorism umbrellas. I expect the US has similar laws.
Terrorism ones not so much. Technically US laws on drawn child
pornography are currently stricter than UK equiv but UK laws are
changing (I think they are currently trying to work out how not to ban
putti) and I'm not sure how well US law would hold up in the courts
I should also point out that the world does not
consist of the US, EU
and Japan...
Islamic countries show a clear tend towards censorship. I think we all
know about china and the youtube issues with Brazil. India took some
actions around the time of those train bombings. Former soviet block
doesn't exactly have a culture of authority respecting freedom of
communication. Same is true for much of Africa.
--
geni