Comments on: Britain, Ofcom stand up against net censorship

By: Shaun Hollingworth

Shaun Hollingworth — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:07:39 +0000

huh. They don’t need to “regulate” the internet. They now just turn people into criminals for looking at things the government say are bad (but have not and cannot prove it) and throw them in jail.

With such repression, who needs regulation ?

By: Paul Tavener

Paul Tavener — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:08:30 +0000

I suspect that Ofcom were more interested in stopping a totally unworkable regulation from making their lives impossible than any thoughts of the greater good. If it was easy to regulate the story might have been a bit different.

By: aharon

aharon — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:51:04 +0000

Hummm.. From the gov’s point-of-view it might be coordinated well to the right.
The unworkable online TVish tap screw legistlation stopage makes the gov. looks good on the Mail, the Sun, cbi, other anti europeans in general – and libertarians, whose opinion doesn’t matter anyway.
Going through with the unworkable violent porn legistlation, keeps the good looks for the gov. on the right – and anyone else, can go to hell. (So long as they come back in time to vote labour next elections – offcourse!)

By: Graham Deans Williamson

Graham Deans Williamson — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:15:34 +0000

The fact that they’re passing this and retaining the violent pornography legislation suggests a certain lakc of arse-elbow coordination, but it’s a step in the right direction anyway.

By: Up Your Ego » Blog Archive » Well done Ofcom

Up Your Ego » Blog Archive » Well done Ofcom — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:04:55 +0000

[…] Apparently the British media watchdog, with pressure from the government have been laying it on thick in the Eurozone in the hope of convincing countries to vote against the silly net video regulation element of the ‘Television Without Frontiers Directive‘. […]