February 17, 2013

Iceland wants to ban Internet porn


edition.cnn.com/2013/02/15/tech/web/porn-ban-iceland/index.html

Iceland is working on banning Internet pornography, calling explicit online images a threat to children.
'"There is a strong consensus building in Iceland," Halla Gunnarsdottir, an adviser to the nation's Interior Minister, told England's Daily Mail. "We have so many experts, from educationalists to the police and those who work with children behind this, that this has become much broader than party politics.
"At the moment, we are looking at the best technical ways to achieve this. But surely if we can send a man to the moon, we must be able to tackle porn on the Internet."
Such a step is somewhat surprising among Western nations that, for the most part, champion free-speech rights. But the move wouldn't be unprecedented in the island nation.
Iceland has had laws banning the printing and distribution of pornography for years, but those laws haven't been updated to include the Web. And two years ago, the nation's parliament banned strip clubs, saying they violate the rights of the women who work in them.
Iceland would become the first Western democracy to try and block pornography online.

9 comments:

  1. what about meteoroids?

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    1. Pffffft, why should space rocks capable of causing a lot of damage be our priority. There are people relieving themselves while looking at pornography that we should stop!

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  2. LOL I want to see 'em try.
    They will know the meaning of "revolution".

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  3. It had to be Iceland...

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  4. No more Pagan Poetry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqF8_UcUQdQ

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  5. The Icelandic people should protest this decision by all getting together in front of the Althing building in Reykjavik and having a big public masturbation session.

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  6. Vatican should be moved to Iceland..

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  7. if they have no porn they start sacking scotland again...

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