Posted on 12/28/2008 11:25:18 PM PST by Melissa 24
THE ratings used for films could be applied to websites in a bid to better police the internet and protect children from harmful and offensive material, Britain's minister for culture has said.
Andy Burnham told Britain's The Daily Telegraph newspaper the government was planning to negotiate with the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to draw up new international rules for English language websites.
"The more we seek international solutions to this stuff - the UK and the U.S. working together - the more that an international norm will set an industry norm," the newspaper reports the Culture Secretary as saying.
Giving websites film-style ratings would be one possibilty.
"This is an area that is really now coming into full focus," Mr Burnham said.
Internet service providers could also be forced to offer services where the only sites accessible are those deemed suitable for children, the paper said.
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How about this one? Freedom of speech!
Old that old worn out document...
LOL, here comes King Obami. We’re just knaves now.
Censoring the internet--for the children.
Who the hell is this idiot?
You gotta be kidding me.
And they will need a new government agency of about 20,000 to keep the system working .
Where are the children’s parents is more like it.
Yeah, who needs universal rights, anyway? We have Obambi to save us all!
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024109.php
(NEWS STRAITS TIMES)
December 28, 2008
“Malaysia: Religious department to act against any blogger who insults Islam”
I-Slam is a cult of death and destruction which subjugates women. I'm waiting
FOX NEWS.com: "U.N. ANTI-BLASPHEMY RESOLUTION CURTAILS FREE SPEECH, CRITICS SAY" by Jennifer Lawinski (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Religious groups and free-speech advocates are banding together to fight a United Nations resolution they say is being used to spread Sharia law to the Western world and to intimidate anyone who criticizes Islam.") (October 3, 2008)
Frankly, my dear....
"He also said Britain was considering changing libel laws to give people access to legal help if they are defamed online."
How much you want to bet freerepublic.com gets the same Obama-rating as Hustler.
This is *not* censorship.
They’re just going to make it illegal to print/express certain things. If you went to Harvard, you’d understand the difference. :)
Soon... January 21, 2009 "US Justice Department to act against any blogger who insults Obama"
Time will tell.
Ner0!, err, Zer0!, err, Duh!1®, is Clinton, v3.0...
And no, I am not kidding about that tagline...
"People get the kind of government
they want
...and deserve..."
Aren’t there already filters that parents can put on their computers for children to block out bad sites? I don’t see how this could work. How could they know who is accessing a site?
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