Film censors want a stab at the net

Posted by Suw Charman in Links at June 19th, 2006

The British Board of Film Classification want to have stab at classifying content on the net, a Sisyphean task if ever I heard of one. I couldn’t agree more with Simon Davies:

Simon Davies, of Privacy International, which campaigns for freedom of expression, told The Times: “It sounds like the most stupid intervention since the registration of fax machines and photocopiers in communist China.”

Board of censors wants net classified - Times Online

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