On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 10:33 +0100, James Farrar wrote:
It's interesting to the community to learn that
other countries and
languages have similar problems to those that have affected us here.
s/affected/been inflicted upon/
Remember Virgin Killer and the IWF[1]? This quote from the 'quite
lively' discussion on the Wikinews article is quite, quite insightful
when it comes to looking at the people oh-so keen to screw up the
Internet with a "think of teh chillun!" mindset:
"Perhaps the offence is in the eye of the beholder. The possible
response of paedophiles has no more right to influence the rights of
the rest of us to see such a thing that the possible response of
foot-fetishists should dictate picture of shoes."
So, are the people who devote oh-so much effort, demanding considerable
attention, in 'protecting' the entire world from child pornography -
instead of going after those who produce it - perhaps "borderline"
paedophiles?
An amusing comment in discussion around Wikinews covering the Russian
blackout[2] was that there's growing evidence that blacklists on this
sort of material, which are invariably leaked regardless of security
measures, provide a go-to directory of extreme and extremist material.
The requisite technological infrastructure is likely far more expensive
than adequately funding the correct legal bodies (police etc.) to go
after the hosts and producers.
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1]https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/British_ISPs_restrict_access_to_Wikipedia_am…
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2]https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/%
27Imagine_a_world_without_free_knowledge%27,_in_Russia