[FYI] German Plan Would Toughen Web Content Controls

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169613.html

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German Plan Would Toughen Web Content Controls  

By Ned Stafford, Newsbytes  

MUNICH, GERMANY,  

31 Aug 2001, 6:55 AM CST  

A recent agreement between the German federal and state governments 
concerning the reform of electronic media regulatory supervision 
could result in tougher controls on Internet content.  

German federal and state governments agreed in principle on a reform 
plan under which the states would hand over technical and regulatory 
authority - known in Germany as "data protection authority" - for all 
electronic media to the federal government.  

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