Saturday, 9 February 2008

An extreme form of sensorship

Utah Bill Would Block Wi-Fi Access to Minors

Trawling one of my US feeds I came across this;

A bill in the Utah state legislature would require public wifi providers to ensure that minors can’t access the Internet. If passed, Utah libraries and community networks could find themselves shutting down publicly accessible wireless networks that are essential for many young people to conduct schoolwork off-campus.

The Blog author writes:

As far as this bill is concerned, the choice boils down to “block all kids but give adults access to everything,” or “block lots of content and give access to everyone.” For lots of people, that won’t seem like much of a choice at all.

So much for freedom of information. I do hope the British Government don't read the same feeds as I do !( Whoops ... they might read this - but I doubt it)

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