German Anti-Child Pornography Law Flounders

Germany’s family minister wants a law blocking Web sites that contain child pornography. But critics say the law could be used to censor just about anything — and that it wouldn’t be effective in the first place.German Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen is struggling to pass a new law designed to combat online child pornography in the face of widespread concern over censorship and freedom of speech. The law would use blacklists to bar access to specific sites.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,627447,00.html

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