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Did anyone notice? It seemed to slip under the radar undetected like many other laws have done over the last four or five years.
The law, or more specifically "process in action", has been designed to block child pornography from of the UK - a noble cause - but Frank Fisher, a resident IT expert type from the Guardian, has spotted some flaws its seemingly innocent sheeny surface.
Firstly, the servers which are blocked are not up to debate, they are decided by the IMF, augmented by the Home Office and then blocked by the ISP's. The list of servers blocked are not up for discussion, nor are they listed anywhere, rendering the process fairly secretive.
Are we to trust our government to block access to child pornography and child pornography only? The government has "leaned on" ISP's in the past to block sites on the word of one just one police officer and have also tried to block sites which simply embarrass or undermine the government.
As of the 31st of December you've been looking at a state censored internet, and no-one can see what is and is not getting blocked. No debate, no watchdog, no nothing. Loath it or lump it...
Now while you still can get those webcams fired up and tell me what you think...Did anyone notice? It seemed to slip under the radar undetected like many other laws... more
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"Representatives from across South America will sign agreements on Sunday setting up a new regional bank, the Banco del Sur or Southern Bank."
They are doing this to supersede the World Bank and IMF.
Do you think this is a good idea?"Representatives from across South America will sign agreements on Sunday setting... more
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I know I keep saying it, but this is truly a "MUST SEE" film.
This was one of the first documentaries to really spell out how exactly the IMF works in third world countries. The way the agricultural infrastructure was retooled, food soverienty destroyed and dependence created. Its no accident that when international lenders issue billions of highly qualifies money to underdeveloped countries that they almost always endup bankrupt and internally restructured for export.
Feature film linked below. Enjoy!
Cove
Disband the WTO! "Don't tase me bro!"I know I keep saying it, but this is truly a "MUST SEE" film.
This was... more
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