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[FYI] Web sites blackout over Spanish monitoring law



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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