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Forums › ICT Policies and Regulation › Government introduces law which could erect a firewall around New Zealand, concerning Internet NZ
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#271854 29-May-2020 13:55
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I am not sure what to think of this.

 

Sorry if this has been posted already.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/121643245/government-introduces-law-which-could-erect-a-firewall-around-new-zealand-concerning-internet-nz

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  #2494381 29-May-2020 14:56
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Best taken with a truckload of salt. :)

 

 

 

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  #2494406 29-May-2020 15:35
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K8Toledo:

 

Best taken with a truckload of salt. :)

 

 

what do you mean?

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  #2494419 29-May-2020 16:00
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Sounds to me exactly like something someone who knows nothing about how the Internet works would come up with.

 

I remember a debate about motorcycle safety in the 1960s in America, during which a politician seriously suggested training wheels! 

 

I agree there needs to be a mechanism for dealing with extremist content, but this isn't it.

 

 




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  #2494488 29-May-2020 17:07

Rikkitic:

 

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I remember a debate about motorcycle safety in the 1960s in America, during which a politician seriously suggested training wheels! 

 

...

 

 

 

 

or suggesting injections of disinfectant to cure a virus.

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  #2494495 29-May-2020 17:25
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One of my major pet peeves. Governments (not just ours!) need to stop trying to control the internet.

 

As someone who's been using the internet for coming up on 3 decades,  I find it incredibly frustrating watching the ongoing attempts by various commercial and political entities to subvert and control it. 




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