European Internet Censorship
Andreas Bovens send me the following information on what's happening in European censorship, thanks:
For your info, there are some interesting moves on the European internet
censorship front:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09166684.htm
> The European Union has launched a 45 million euro ($60 million) plan
> to protect children from pornography and racist sites when they surf
> the Internet.
> [...]
> It will increase the number of hotlines, finance technology to filter
> out pornography and raise awareness among parents and children, though
> it was not clear if the funds will be distributed to member states or
> used at the European level.
Official Press Release: http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1456&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Also have a look at the Safer Internet Programme page:
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/sip/index_en.htm
And one of the programme's "success stories": Surf-Mate
http://www.surf-mate.com/
