UK to fight terrorism via Internet censorship
January 18, 2008
Subjected to several terrorist attacks after supporting the U.S. against Iraq and Afghanistan, the UK government wants to curb terrorists materials scattered over the Internet, reports Leo Blanco on 901am.
The only possible way is filtering Internet content. However, it is only in China that Internet policing is enforced. Other countries tried this approach but the idea did not pass because it violates free-speech laws.
According to a news report, the government is working closely with the Internet industry regarding the implementation of this plan. Britain’s Internet Service Provider Association, on the contrary, is afraid this might bring more lawsuits to the providers.
On literacy level in the UK young: reeding riting and ranting
November 29, 2007
Chris Meade pleads, on the if:book blog, for timely placement of books into “children’s hands and homes at key moments in their early lives,” while backing the benefits of the digital.
As Meade mentions, currently the
Meade advocates that the use of electronic resources does not necessarily mean evil. It can actually help the kids, in his opinion, to “grow into creative readers and writers of the world they inhabit.”
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Stolen identity hysteria in UK – are we becoming less human?
November 21, 2007