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[FYI] Web sites blackout over Spanish monitoring law
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- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:58:57 +0200
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27589.html
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Web sites blackout over Spanish monitoring law
By John Leyden
Posted: 14/10/2002 at 13:00 GMT
Spanish Web site operators have taken their sites offline in protest
at government proposals to regulate online content.
The spontaneous protest comes amidst deep concern among free speech
advocates about Spain's "Law of Information Society Services and
Electronic Commerce" (or LSSI as it is known in Spain), which became
effective on Saturday (October 12th).
Under the law Web sites must register with the government and ISPs
are obliged to monitor sites for illicit content, which they must
report to the authorities.
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