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French Court Orders ISPs to Block Site"Allow[s] posting Videos of Alleged Police Misconduct"
2011-10-19
The Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris [official website, in French] on Friday ordered [judgment in PDF, in French] French Internet service providers to block access to Copwatch Nord Paris I-D-F, a website designed to allow civilians to post videos of alleged police misconduct. The decision was applauded by the police union, Alliance Police Nationale (APN) [union website, in French], which argued that the website incited violence against police. Jean-Claude Delage, secretary general of the APN, said that "[t]he judges have analyzed the situation perfectly -- this site being a threat to the integrity of the police -- and made the right decision."
So much for the internet in France. Does the judge actually understand how the internet works, or does he just think YouTube is on one server in the US?
Posted by:DarthVader

#3  'Streisand Effect', meet the French Police.
Posted by: Spanky Omavinter3903   2011-10-19 18:31  

#2  They don't grasp that the concept behind the internet was the much anticipated and Hollyweird portrayed Global Thermonuclear War. The idea was to 'net' communications such that even taking out various nodes of the network would still allow information to still reach those hooked to its overall structure. The only way to 'secure' a portion of the net was to detach it from the rest of the network world.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-10-19 16:11  

#1  That'll work well.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-10-19 10:35  

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