[Foundation-l] Re: Indymedia and FBI

Magnus Manske magnus.manske at web.de
Tue Oct 12 20:22:13 UTC 2004


Yann Forget wrote:

>What's disturbing in this story is that this treaty which is made to fight 
>"international terrorism, kidnapping and money laundering" is subverted for 
>dealing with a political issue. Indymedia might be wrong, but using against 
>them this kind of treaty made for criminal cases really endangers free speech 
>and democracy.
>
>How this is different that what the Chinese government does?
>  
>
Unknowingly, you offer the perfect soultion: Have a wikipedia backup 
server in China! If the FBI closes the US site, the Chinese government 
will *love* us ;-)

Magnus



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