Inner City Trendy

So, soon our wonderful and trustworthy government will choose what you can and cannot see on the web.

Of course, all they will be blocking is ‘illegal content’ so unless you’re criminally minded you have nothing to worry about. It’s just like unless you’re a terrorist, you shouldn’t be worried about anti-terrorism laws. It’s all to protect the children, you see.

Seriously, this is really scary. When anti-terrorism laws were introduced, it was obvious that they were going to be used to stifle dissent. And sure enough, they have been used more against activists than they have against anything resembling terrorism. Are we seriously supposed to believe the government when they tell us that they are only trying to protect children? You watch, very soon we will see politically dissident websites being blocked. There is simply no doubt that this is what this initiative is going to end up being.

Here’s some good reading material:

- A piece by Antony Leowenstein

- A post by An Onymous Lefty

- A post by Somebody Think of the Children

- An article at OpenNet Initiative