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New Office of Global Internet Freedom bill
[link|http://news.com.com/2100-1023-960679.html?tag=fd_top|Cool name]

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The bill, designed to counter authoritarian governments' efforts to block their citizens from the Internet, would provide technological means to circumvent censorship tools. The legislation's policy statement specifically mentions software, including SafeWeb's Triangle Boy, Peek-a-Booty and DynaWeb, and peer-to-peer network Freenet-China.

The bill also would require the submission of a United Nations resolution condemning countries that censor the Web and would require an annual report on nations that abuse Web freedoms.
[link|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html]
The nihilists and the liars have buried truth alive in a shallow grave.
"We never voted for Saddam" - Imam Husham Al-Husainy
New Had me going there for a moment
Usually laws with either "Freedom" and/or "Security" in their name have nothing to do with either.

Just how is this supposed to be enforced? Not to be cynical or anything, but isn't this just imposing our own country's rules on other countries, for good or bad?

I mean, it sounds good but I'm not sure it'll fly.

Tom Sinclair

"Everybody is someone else's weirdo."
- E. Dijkstra
Expand Edited by tjsinclair Oct. 3, 2002, 03:55:55 PM EDT
New Ah, I get the plan...
It's okay for folk in countries we don't agree with to view whatever they want on the web - makes it easier to subvert those governments. Kinda a counterinsurgency effort via the web.

Betcha dollars to doughnuts, though, that any plans are verboten to U.S. Cattle^h^h^h^h^h^hCitizens...
End of world rescheduled for day after tomorrow. Something should probably be done. Please advise.
     Office of Global Internet Freedom bill - (marlowe) - (2)
         Had me going there for a moment - (tjsinclair)
         Ah, I get the plan... - (inthane-chan)

Like going to ELIZA for therapy...
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