[WikiEN-l] Illegal sources

[Ray Saintonge]

Keith Old wrote:

>Of course, there are materials that are illegal to view in one country that
>are perfectly legal in another. It is probably illegal to view neutral
>accounts of the Tianenmen Square protests in 1989. It is not in most other
>countries and would obviously considered as verifiable material.
>
>However, I understand that there is an Optional Protocol to the
>International Convention on the Rights of the Child see (
>http://www.law-ref.org/CHILDPROTOCOL2/index.html ).
>
>Perhaps it should be considered a banning offence to provide links to
>materials that contravene this protocol or to upload images that contravene
>it. As it is an international agreement, it might be considered as more of
>an international standard. Such materials should certainly not be considered
>to be verifiable and editors should be encouraged to remove it on sight.
>
This suggestion is over the top.  Who makes the decision about whether 
some site is illegal?  Who verifies that?  It's frightening to think 
that some Big Brother is sitting in a tower somewhere making that kind 
of decision that would affect us all.

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