Italy has reportedly passed a new law that requires ISPs to block access to child pornography sites within six hours of notification.
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Project Cleanfeed Canada Documentation
Cybertip has now posted an FAQ and details on an appellate process.
Bernier Introduces New Telco Fining Power
Industry Minister Maxime Bernier has introduced legislation that grants the Competition Bureau greater fining power over telecommunications companies that abuse their market power. The bill is rightly seen as another step toward telecommunications deregulation in Canada.
Child Pornography Blocking Plan a Risk Worth Taking
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) wades back into the Project Cleanfeed Canada debate. My last post on this issue generated considerable discussion with many valid criticisms of the ISP plans to block access to child pornography. In developing this column, I posed many of the […]
Child Pornography Blocking Plan a Risk Worth Taking
Appeared on December 4, 2006 in the Toronto Star as Child Porn Blocking Plan a Risk Worth Taking Few issues unite Internet users as much as their collective distaste for censorship. It was therefore unsurprising that many in the Internet community recoiled at last month's announcement that a group of […]
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