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UK Communications Data Bill, Paul Chambers Twitter Case
The UK government is proposing a bill that would require ISPs to route encrypted webmail through government black boxes to extract header data. This follows the controversial case of Paul Chambers, who was prosecuted and lost his job over a joke tweet about blowing up an airport.
UK Internet Filtering, Pornography Smokescreen, .xxx Domains
A new initiative in the United Kingdom forces new internet customers to choose whether to filter "adult content," a move the hosts believe is a precursor to broader political censorship. They argue that using pornography as a justification allows the government and ISPs to establish a filtering infrastructure that will eventually target alternative media and political dissent.
