Most of you won't be really interested in this because it happens far away from your home, but it might be interesting to know what is going on right now in germany because it could spread further.
China is censoring the internet everyone knows that but right now german politicians are trying to implement a filter system too (sloppy DNS filter, which of course can be bypassed) this all sounds very very confusing and everyone in his right mind would be against it BUT those sneaky politicians know how to talk to the masses. They claim that they will use the filter system to block child pornographic material.
The Catch 22 is evolving... The moment you are against this law you will be brandmarked as "pro child pornography" even though you have many other reasons to be against this. (And this is by FAR the worst approach to combat child pornography!)
Users who accidently (or not so accidently) get onto one of the blocked pages will see a red Stop sign which informs you that your identety will be send to the
BKA (The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany) which may give them a reason to search your house/harddrives etc.
Many online game seller are afraid that they may be on the filter list because they sell games which are not allowed in germany of course this is just a minor thing but the power to ban pages is wrong.
I just wanted to let you know what is going on in right now over here. After a very ridiculous egoshooter game banning they continue to censor things they dont like which can go further than things we may agree with (although banning games is just crazy...)
For more information (and information about a petition you can sign too):
Germany’s plan to implement internet filters by law | Spreeblick
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