"Why
haven't BT subscribers been subject to the block? - We are!
Giano
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Oldak Quill <oldakquill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/12/9 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/09/wikipedia-censorship-iwf-r…
> This is apparently the *first* IWF
decision *ever* to require review.
> My prediction: they've been
turned to mincemeat every media interview
> they've done on the subject, we've looked like stars. Everyone
> despises them. They aren't standing up too well under scrutiny. So I
> suspect they'll quietly unblock Wikipedia and not block again without
> at least telling us first. The censorship mechanism will stay in place
> - the ISPs feel they aren't free not to sign up to this "voluntary"
> scheme - and probably be refined to see if they can block sites like
> us again without breaking everything as they did this time.
> It is possible the IWF will try to
make the decision stand. In which
> case, party on.
Something I don't understand about this affair: BT set up Cleanfeed,
the "ISP level content filtering system" that caused this problem. Why
haven't BT subscribers been subject to the block?
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Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)
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