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MB_722

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bad news for american and canadian internet users
« on: November 18, 2010, 09:13:49 PM »
 Senate Panel Approves Website Shut-Down Bill on Thursday November 18, @05:19PM

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/18/2156252/Senate-Panel-Approves-Website-Shut-Down-Bill

New Big Brother Laws Would Reshape Canada's Internet
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/11/16/BigBrotherInternetLaws/


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Re: bad news for americans and canadians about the internet.
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2010, 09:15:37 PM »
I would say it's time to start removing these fuckheads by force, but I would never say something like that so I won't :D

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Re: bad news for american and canadian internet users
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2010, 09:43:17 PM »
We're not the only country doing this. Australia and multiple European countries have similar legislation in the works.

Time to head for Singapore!



We'll have to see if it makes into law. Getting out of the committee and getting it passed into law are two different beasts.

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Re: bad news for american and canadian internet users
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2010, 10:15:48 PM »

Time to head for Singapore!


Have you ever been to Singapore?  Apparently not because almost every single porn site on the net is banned there.