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Deutsch: Rumänien: Gesetzesentwurf über Netzsperren

Some ministries in the Romanian government seem to ignore or not even consider the arguments against Internet blocking, as they are proposing new legislation meant to allow enforcement authorities to impose blocking obligations on Internet service providers.

One draft law initiated by the Government and currently debated within the Parliament is aimed at reviewing the existing legislation on pornography. While the law in force stipulates that the persons creating pornographic websites may allow access to these websites only after users pay "a tax per minute of usage" (while in reality there is no

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Deutsch: Irland: Polizei fordert Netzsperren von den ISPs

A leaked letter from the Irish police force to ISPs has revealed demands that Irish ISPs should implement internet blocking.

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Deutsch: Französische ISPs erklären was an Netzsperren falsch ist

The French ISPs are being brought to court by ARJEL (the French online gambling regulation authority) in its attempt to obtain the blocking of access to the foreign online betting site 5Dimes.

On 17 March 2011, the court heard seven French ISPs - Orange, SFR, Numericable, Free, Bouygues Telecom, Darty Telecom and Auchan Telecom - who resisted Arjel's request to block the online gambling site.

Arjel was created in 2010 and given the authority to require ISPs to block access to online betting sites alleged infringements of various regulatory and fiscal

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Deutsch: ENDitorial: Kindesmissbrauch im Internet – Mitgliedsstaaten verteidi...

The first Council Working Group meeting on the proposed European Directive on Child Exploitation produced near unanimity among the Member States that their right to do nothing must be defended. As a result, the Council will enter the negotiations with the Parliament defending the "General Approach" text that it adopted in December 2010.

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Deutsch: Niederländische Internetprovider verzichten auf "unwirksame"...

In 2010, the largest Dutch internet providers were taking steps to implement the blocking of blacklists provided by the Dutch Child Abuse hotline. EDRi has always insisted that the blocking of websites with images of sexual child abuse is a counterproductive measure.

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Deutsch: Türkei setzt beliebte Blogger-Plattform auf die Sperrliste

Although they lifted the ban against Google's YouTube at the end of 2010 and despite the strong criticism and pending cases at the European Court of Human Rights, Turkish authorities continue to block access to websites.

Recently, following the complaint of the satellite television provider Digiturk which owns the broadcast rights to Turkish Super League games, a court in the south-eastern province of Diyarbakir banned Goggle's blogging platform Blogger.

"This is a disproportionate response by the court and undoubtedly has a huge impact on all law-abiding citizens," said Yama

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Deutsch: ENDitorial: Internetsperren – EP für Leadership statt Populismus

On 14 February 2011, the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament (EP) voted on the European Commission's proposal on web blocking.

The European Commission had proposed mandatory EU-wide blocking and limited safeguards.

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Deutsch: Frankreich: Loppsi 2 angenommen – Internet-Filter ohne richterliche ...

The French so-called Loppsi 2 draft law was adopted on 8 February 2011 by the National Assembly as well as by the Senate without modifications, thus allowing for the blocking of Internet access of a site deemed as having "obvious" child pornographic content, without a court order.