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Old 29-06-11, 02:21   #1
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UK web censorship plans leaked!




New “voluntary” website blocking proposals, with cursory legal oversight, are being pushed by copyright lobbyists. Leaked recently, these censorship proposals would mean a dangerous revocation of the rule of law, in favour of a lawless Internet, where lobby groups would decide what you are allowed to see and read.

If you are a UK citizen, you can help by emailing your MP here. Feel free to share the following link with your friends:
http://s.p2.pe/freemynet.


http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2011/rights-holders-propose-voluntary-website-blocking-scheme
with cursory legal oversight, are being pushed by copyright lobbyists. Leaked recently, these censorship proposals would mean a dangerous revocation of the rule of law, in favour of a lawless Internet, where lobby groups would decide what you are allowed to see and read.

If you are a UK citizen, you can help by emailing your MP here. Feel free to share the following link with your friends:
http://s.p2.pe/freemynet.

MPs Julian Huppert, Tom Watson, Robert Halfon and Eric Joyce have written a parliamentary motion (EDM) that calls for the government to reconsider the Digital Economy Act and its many proposed website blocking schemes, and for an examination of these matters by the appropriate Parliamentary Select Committee. It is high time that the UK government understood the serious consequences of its proposed Internet laws for freedom of expression and privacy. It is vital that they begin to understand how their policies are affecting our rights. Write to your MP now and ask them to sign the EDM.

Fight Disconnection – Sign the petition.

“We, the signatories, call on the new Parliament to repeal sections 11-18 of the Digital Economy Act, dealing with copyright infringement and website blocking powers. We call on Parliament to refuse to pass any Statutory Instrument that would institute interference with families’ or organisations’ communications as a punishment for actual or alleged civil copyright infringement.”

You can sign the petition to repeal sections 11-18 of the Digital Economy Act using the following link:
http://s.p2.pe/repeal-it.
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