Google reports 'alarming' rise in government censorship requests

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Submitted by alkieanon on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 22:57

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Google reports 'alarming' rise in government censorship requests. Western governments, including the United States, appear to be stepping up efforts to censor Internet search results and YouTube videos, according to a "transparency report" released by Google. "It's alarming not only because free expression is at risk, but because some of these requests come from countries you might not suspect -- Western democracies not typically associated with censorship," Dorothy Chou, a senior policy analyst at Google, wrote in a blog post on Sunday night.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/18/tech/web/google-transparency-report

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JR Harris

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 06:51


"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.

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live_free_or_die

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 07:22

This guy was king of gov't censorship. Love those hokey religious cults.

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alkieanon

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 07:36

Ahh, yes! Reductio ad Hitlerum. Also known as "Goodwin's Law".

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live_free_or_die

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 07:41

surely you meant Darwin's Law.

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gigi

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 08:26

Godwin's Law

430 up, 32 down

A term that originated on Usenet, Godwin's Law states that as an online argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely that somebody will bring up Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Godwin's Law has effectively forfieted the argument.

"Dude, shut up. Nobody cares what you think."

"Oh, so now you're trying to censor me? Go to hell, you damn Nazi!"

"If I forget who I am, I am myself. If I remember who I am, I am you."

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becket

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 12:06

Also brought up in the heat of "discussion": slavery.

“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian

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live_free_or_die

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 16:11

I have never, ever, brought up slavery old man.

However, slavery did/does kill people.

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http://www.expaa.org/
http://bereanresearch.com/
http://badrecovery.blogspot.com/
NOT AA:
Rational Recovery, SOS, HAMS
http://alcoholabusesolutions.com/

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live_free_or_die

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 16:23

where did the judge go billy?

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http://bereanresearch.com/
http://badrecovery.blogspot.com/
NOT AA:
Rational Recovery, SOS, HAMS
http://alcoholabusesolutions.com/

gigi

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 08:25

Godwin's Exception

When a forum member intentionally references Nazis or Hitler to close a thread, the forum member concedes any right to continue the thread, but the thread is not considered closed.

User1: Absolutely ridiculous. You know who else had a special police force that jailed their citizens for disagreeing with them? That's right. The Nazi party.
User2: I'm calling Godwin's Exception. The Godwin's Corollary only functions when you mean it. You're clearly trying to short circuit the conversation.

"If I forget who I am, I am myself. If I remember who I am, I am you."

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JR Harris

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 08:51

You can say anything you want to and I won't tell anyone, except other cult members,any friends and family you have let me get next to and your boss. But don't worry, I'll just use your first name and last intial.

"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.