Comments on: The Great Firewall of… Australia? http://www.mindsetcentral.com/archives/3022 Some World Views are Stranger than Others... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:47:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.mindsetcentral.com/archives/3022/comment-page-1#comment-174 Michael Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:43:12 +0000 http://www.mindsetcentral.com/?p=3022#comment-174 Did Peter mention the Digital Economy Act that was passed here in the UK recently? Basically our ministers got bribed by the large media firms to push through legislation that allows them to monitor P2P networks, block web sites and cut off peoples' connection to the Internet. Of course, this was rushed through Parliament before anyone was able to vote against it. Now, the strange thing is that around that time, similar legislation was also being passed in several other countries around the world, and it seems this news item is related in some way. Are the media firms able to control more than one government? Are they able to get the same laws passed in more than one country? Did Peter mention the Digital Economy Act that was passed here in the UK recently? Basically our ministers got bribed by the large media firms to push through legislation that allows them to monitor P2P networks, block web sites and cut off peoples’ connection to the Internet. Of course, this was rushed through Parliament before anyone was able to vote against it.

Now, the strange thing is that around that time, similar legislation was also being passed in several other countries around the world, and it seems this news item is related in some way. Are the media firms able to control more than one government? Are they able to get the same laws passed in more than one country?

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