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Author: Peter Todd
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To: System undo crew
Subject: Re: [unSYSTEM] UK Prime Minister David Cameron Announces That Filters Used to Block Porn Will Also Block Websites Espousing "Extremist" Views in Order "to Keep Our Country Safe"
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:09:16AM +0000, Amir Taaki wrote:
>     The Prime Minister: We have put in place some of the toughest
> controls that one can possibly have within a democratic Government, and
> the TPIMs are obviously one part of that. We have had repeated meetings
> of the extremism task force—it met again yesterday—setting out a whole
> series of steps that we will take to counter the extremist narrative,
> including by blocking online sites. Now that I have the opportunity, let


I wonder how long it'll take until believing that extremists' right to
free speach should be vigorously protected is itself considered an
extremist view...

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