The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany
von markus um 14:47 am Dienstag, 16. Juni 2009 | 136 Kommentare
Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture.
The Minister for Family Affairs Ursula von der Leyen kicked off and lead the discussions within the German Federal Government to block Internet sites in order to fight child pornography. The general idea is to build a censorship architecture enabling the government to block content containing child pornography. The Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) is to administer the lists of sites to be blocked and the internet providers obliged to erect the secret censorship architecture for the government.
A strong and still growing network opposing these ideas quickly formed within the German internet community. The protest has not been limited to hackers and digital activist but rather a mainstreamed effort widely supported by bloggers and twitter-users. The HashTag used by the protesters is #zensursula – a German mesh up of the Ministers name and the word censorship equivalent to #censursula.
As part of the public’s protest an official e-Petition directed at the German parliament was launched. Within three days 50,000 persons signed the petition – – the number required for the petition titled „No indexing and blocking of Internet sites“ to be heard by the parliament. The running time of an e-Petition in Germany is 6 weeks – within this time over 130,000 people signed making this e-Petition the most signed and most successful ever.
During the past weeks, protests became more and more creative – countless blogs and twitter-users followed and commented the discussions within governments and opposing arguments. Many mainstream media picked up on this and reported about the protest taking place on-line. A working group on censorship was founded and the protest coordinated with a wiki, mailing lists, chats and of course employing twitter and blogs. One website „Zeichnemit.de“ created a landing page explaining the complicated petitioning system and making signing the petition easier and more accessible for non net-experts.
Over 500 people attended the governments official press conference on the planed internet censorship – a number of whom used this occasion to demonstrate and voice their concerns. In fact, demonstrators began attending some of the Minister von der Leyens public appearances, carrying banners and signs to raise attention to the stifling of information freedom in Germany.
The net community did not only oppose the governments plans, but also made constructive suggestions how to deal with the problem of child pornography without introducing a censorship architecture and circumcising constitutional freedoms. The working group on censorship demonstrated the alternatives for instance by actually removing over 60 websites containing child pornographic content in 12 hours, simply by emailing the international providers who then removed this content from the net. The sites were identified through the black lists of other countries documented on Wikileaks. This demonstration underlines the protesters main arguments: instead of effectively investing time and efforts to have illegal content removed from the internet, the German government is choosing censorship and blocking – an easy and dangerous way out. The greatest fear of the protesters is that once in place, the infrastructure will be used to censor other forms of unwanted content, not only child pornography. German politicians already seem to be lining up with their wish-list of content to be censored in future – the suggestions ranging form gambling sites, islamist web pages, first person shooters, and the music industry cheering up with the thought of finally banning pirate bay and p2p.
You can find a detailed linklist of the zensursula-debate here (in german).
Thanks to Geraldine de Bastion for the translation.
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 14:55
[...] @torproject: Dawning of censorship in Germany http://netzpolitik.org/2009/the-dawning-of-internet-censorship-in-germany/ [...]
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 15:01
Ich hab mir mal die Freiheit genommen, es bei Digg (http://digg.com/politics/Germany_is_on_the_verge_of_censoring_its_Internet) und bei reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/8sxzf/germany_is_on_the_verge_of_censoring_its_internet/#)reinzustellen.
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 15:07
Very nice blogpost! I would really appreciate if the plans to integrate this kind of censorship would be critizized not only by germans, but also by people of other countrys.
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 15:15
Kann dieser Text unter Angabe der Quelle kopiert und auf unserer Website gepostet werden? Ich war schon dabei, die Problematik mal auf englisch aufzuarbeiten – danke Geraldine für die Arbeitsersparnis!
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 15:20
@ Jon Silva (4): Alle Texte auf Netzpolitik.org stehen unter CC-BY-NC. Also verbreite das gerne weiter.
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 15:21
Von der Leyen, nicht van der Leyen.
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 15:24
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 15:24
Kleine Korrektur: In englischen gibt es keine Tausender-Punkt, sondern ein Tausender-Komma. Die Zahl im Artikel genannten Zahlen “130.000″ und “50.000″ lesen sich für Amis wir “130″ und “50″.
Also bitte ändern in “130,000″ und “50,000″.
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 15:58
Habe gerade auf abgeordnetenwatch bosbach eine Frage gestellt.
Mal schauen ob und wann die durchkommt:
Sehr geehrter Herr Bosbach,
im “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” behaupten Sie niemanden zu kennen, der Internetsperren auf andere Inhalte als dokumentierten Kindesmissbrauch ausweiten will.
Darf ich daraus schließen, dass Ihnen Herr Strobl nicht bekannt ist?
Oder handelt es sich vielmehr um eine nicht erwähnenswerte Einzelmeinung?
Wie kann Ihre eigene Aussage
“Ich halte es für richtig, sich erstmal nur mit dem Thema Kinderpornografie zu befassen, damit die öffentliche Debatte nicht in eine Schieflage gerät”
anders verstanden werden, als dass zummindest Sie persönlich sehr wohl für eine Ausweitung sind?
Dementieren Sie, diese Aussage getätigt zu haben?
Oder handelt es sich auch hier um eine unwichtige Einzelmeinung?
Wie stehen Sie zu der gestrigen Pressemitteiung Ihrer Partei laut der die SPD Gefahr gelaufen wäre
“Straftaten im Internet Vorschub zu leisten, von der Vergewaltigung und Erniedrigung kleiner Kinder bis hin zu Urheberrechtsverletzungen in breitestem Ausmaß gegenüber Künstlern und Kreativen.”
es sei denn sie sie unterstützt ein Gesetz dessen
“Zugangssperren im Internet müssen und werden einzig und allein auf kinderpornographische Seiten beschränkt bleiben.”
Sehen auch Sie den eklatanten Widerspruch in diesen beiden Aussagen?
(Die erste ist übrigens sehr ungünstig formuliert, sie suggeriert, dass Urheberrechtsverletzungen schlimmer sind als Kindesmissbrauch.)
Falls nein, warum werden Urheberrechtsverletzungen in dieser kurzen Mitteilung dann überhaupt erwähnt?
Falls ja, darf ich Ihre heutige Aussage dann so verstehen, dass Ihnen dieses Dokument in dem Moment nicht bekannt war?
Oder handelt es sich bei dieser offziellen Pressemitteilung schon wieder um eine unwichtige Randmeinung?
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 16:09
English, very good … ich geh dann mal die Studis hier in Griechenland informieren. Die und ein Teil der quer aus Europa stammenden Erasmusler sind immer sehr interessiert an politischen Irrfahrten dieses Kalibers …
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 16:13
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 16:16
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 16:23
“…the suggestions ranging form gambling sites, Muslim web pages, “killer games”, and the music industry cheering up with the thought of finally banning pirate bay and p2p. …”
“Muslim web pages”? Didn’t you mean “Islamist web pages”? That’s not the same thing.
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 16:28
“Killerspiele” sind auch so eine tolle Erfindung der deutschen Politiker. Diesen begriff gibt es sonst auch in keinem Land :)
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 16:50
Eine schöne Zusammenfassung.
Nur als kleiner Einwand:
“the suggestions ranging form gambling sites, Muslim web pages,”
Muslim ist hier in gewisser Weise unzutreffend. Die Rede war von islamistischen Webseiten, also “islamist” im Englischen.
Islamistisch bezeichnet hierbei die extremistische Ausprägung der Religion. Ein Muslim hingegen ist jeder Angehörige der Islamischen Religion im Allgemeinen. Der obige Artikel suggeriert also, das nicht nur extrmeistische Seiten gesperrt werden sollen, sondern jegliche Seiten, die von einem Muslim betrieben werden.
Und soweit geht noch nicht mal die Union.
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 16:52
Hoffentlich kommt das Ding durch. Zensur ist der falsche Weg. Es gibt sicherlich viele andere Wege, die erfolgreicher sind um was gegen Kinderpornografie zu machen…
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 16:57
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 17:06
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 17:23
Killer games = ‘first person shooters’
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 17:27
Nice, this is exactly the same thing they are trying to introduce in France with the LOPPSI (censorship of CP).
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 17:40
ich würde an eurer stelle in den ersten absätzen deutlicher formulieren, dass es nicht bei kipo bleiben wird
dass kommt kaum rüber und damit könntet ihr einige leser schon am anfang verlieren
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 18:27
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Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet ce…
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 18:28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE&hl=de&v=3ZuIgoQhOIM
At 6:48 it fits exactly:
“With the first link the chain is forged.
The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied chains us all irrevocably”
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 20:39
DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO STOP THIS GERMANS!!
THEY TRIED WITH AUSTRALIA AND COULDNT PASS IT, STOP THEM!
IF THEY ARE TOO LAZY TO CORRECTLY REMOVE SITES, FIND NEW PEOPLE WHO WILL!!
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 20:39
Nun. Das heisst, es gibt Krieg, Frau Zensurula. Klar und einfach. Oh, und wir haben schon Proxy-Server im Ausland angemietet. In einem zivilisierteren Land… sowas wie Nordkorea. :P
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 20:43
Nett: der Post wird auf BoingBoing erwähnt und verlinkt ^^
(Schönes Bild im Titel: Germany to build the Internet Berlin Wall; wir lernen halt nicht aus Fehlern)
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/16/germany-to-build-the.html
Jun 16th, 2009 @ 20:51
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 23:05
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 23:14
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Jun 16th, 2009 @ 23:17
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Jun 17th, 2009 @ 4:21
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Jun 17th, 2009 @ 7:53
“circumcising constitutional freedoms”?
Jun 17th, 2009 @ 9:22
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Jun 17th, 2009 @ 9:27
Von der Leyen, nicht van der Leyen..
Jun 17th, 2009 @ 9:47
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Jun 17th, 2009 @ 11:26
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Jun 17th, 2009 @ 12:13
I’m pretty sure that you mean “circumscribing constitutional freedoms”, not “circumcising constitutional freedoms.”
Although it *does* make for an interesting metaphor.
Anne
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq
CEO/President
Institute for Social Internet Public Policy
http://www.ISIPP.com
Member, Cal. Bar Cyberspace Law Committee
Professor of Law, Lincoln Law School of SJ
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Jun 18th, 2009 @ 1:47
I’m glad the Germans are on the ball. Not long before it happens in England and across the EU.
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Jun 18th, 2009 @ 11:37
Ach, deswegen auch der Eintrag bei uns von Lola
http://www.scholar-online.eu/viewpage.php?page_id=47&c_start=70#c2136
Jun 18th, 2009 @ 13:09
[...] is about to demand censorship of the internet. I already wrote about that some time ago and Markus lately wrote a nice article in english, so if you’re interested, check it out. I really liked the different creative slogans and [...]
Jun 18th, 2009 @ 16:40
[...] Nachzulesen auch auf: Netzpolitik.org. [...]
Jun 18th, 2009 @ 17:15
[...] ist, wenn man einen Artikel über die Zensursula-Debatte auf englisch veröffentlicht, jemand ihn nach französisch übersetzt und eine dritte Übersetzung dann auf deutsch [...]
Jun 18th, 2009 @ 19:57
[...] Fuente: The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany [...]
Jun 18th, 2009 @ 20:49
Speechless…
[Bundestag FAIL]
The German Bundestag just waved through a law allowing the establishment of an internet censorship infrastructure in Germany. See this english article by netzpolitik.org for an overview if you haven’t heard yet what that whole Stop …
Jun 18th, 2009 @ 22:55
[...] If you need to catch up with the developments in Germany, netzpolitik.org has a good summary. [...]
Jun 18th, 2009 @ 23:21
[...] know a good wall when we see it Jun.18, 2009 in information As of tomorrow a law will be in effect in Germany that allows the Federal Office of Criminal Investigation to block websites without any judicial [...]
Jun 19th, 2009 @ 1:16
[...] file-sharing sites like Rapidshare into the blacklist is unclear at this point. However, a post on netzpolitik certainly highlights heavy resistance toward the legislation. As of this writing, a petition to [...]
Jun 19th, 2009 @ 1:53
[...] inglese ripubblicato anche su netzpolitik.org [...]
Jun 19th, 2009 @ 2:13
[...] The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany [...]
Jun 19th, 2009 @ 5:10
[...] The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany [...]
Jun 19th, 2009 @ 9:11
[...] -> Netzpolitik.org: The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany [...]
Jun 19th, 2009 @ 9:49
[...] LATER: Note that not just Iran is censoring the internet. Germany wants to, seeking a censorship infrastructure that can be used for one purpose today, another tomorrow. Oh, [...]
Jun 19th, 2009 @ 15:10
[...] you are looking for more information on this unfortunate bill, netzpolitik.org recently published a well written recap. If you are in Germany, I would also strongly encourage you to support the German Pirate Party as [...]
Jun 19th, 2009 @ 17:55
Was ist illegal in real Welt, muss on internet auch illegal, und censored, sein. Child porn, violence promotion and celebration. Es is gut Krime zu punish, censor. in real welt, und auch on the internet. ………………. what is illegal in the real world, must be illegal, censored and prosecuted also on the internet. .. freedom of crime is the wrong kind of freedom. it is not the freedom of speech. …….. Browsers, PCs, laptops muss come with child protection filters PREINSTALLED and turned ON. Verified adult can later turn them off.
Jun 20th, 2009 @ 8:35
[...] The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany – "Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture." [...]
Jun 20th, 2009 @ 11:16
[...] If your interested in the situation in Germany you can check out this link: http://netzpolitik.org/2009/the-dawning-of-internet-censorship-in-germany/ [...]
Jun 20th, 2009 @ 16:14
[...] LATER: Note that not just Iran is censoring the internet. Germany wants to, seeking a censorship infrastructure that can be used for one purpose today, another tomorrow. Oh, [...]
Jun 20th, 2009 @ 17:20
[...] bill drew strong protests from German Internet users including hackers, digital freedom activists, bloggers and social [...]
Jun 20th, 2009 @ 18:36
[...] the party and cited (in German) the SPD’s recent approval to a highly controversial new law regarding control of Internet communication as the main reason or his change of mind: “Bit by bit the SPD developed from a civil rights [...]
Jun 21st, 2009 @ 16:53
[...] Netzpolitik.org: The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany [...]
Jun 21st, 2009 @ 16:54
[...] Netzpolitik.org: The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany [...]
Jun 22nd, 2009 @ 10:50
Why do they have to punish the majority because a a few perverts. Hunt them down! Don’t tell me they can’t. If they can find a granny to prosecute for sharing a few mp3′s they can find these scum also. The problem is most of our “politicians” are perverted scum as well.
Jun 22nd, 2009 @ 12:33
Remember, remember, June 18th 09
The censorship treason and plot
Oh I know of no reason
Why the censorship treason
Should ever be forgot.
Jun 22nd, 2009 @ 21:41
[...] Heute mal drei Kreuze… Filed under: Miscellaneous — ajdotnet @ 8:39 pm Note: Since this post is about German politics, it’s consequently in German. In case you’re interested follow this link: http://netzpolitik.org/2009/the-dawning-of-internet-censorship-in-germany/ [...]
Jun 23rd, 2009 @ 4:59
I am more than willing to comment on the actions of the new Hitlers, the new Stalins and the new Ayatollahs running Germany.
Censorship of the Internet or any other medium of communication is totalitarianism, no matter whether it is cloaked in goody-goody motives. It is not very surprising, coming from Germany, where it is a criminal offence to “slander the state”. This concept, itself, is fascist. Perhaps it is no wonder that Fascism sprung out of the German State in the 1930′s.
This kind of fascism is constantly trying to emerge from within hard-won, but fragile, political developments of democracy, for the police, the State, the church and other elements of power and “authority” are constantly trying to undo democracy and restore autocracy and arbitrary dictats of the power-hungry. Naturally, they must disguise their actions as being beneficial and protective of some motherhood issue or value, such as the protection of children.
Other ways and means could be devised to protect children or other persons deemed to need protection, but it is easier to censor and prosecute and destroy freedom of thought and expression. Those concepts are part of the basis of any challenge to arbitrary power and thought-control and are therefore the most vulnerable to attack from the fascist mind and its power. Germany is not the only country to try and use censorship to assert control over freedom of expression and thought. Britain, Australia, Canada and the U.S., among the so-called democracies are working on the same sort of fascist controls. What is the real difference between these kinds of controls and those imposed by totalitarian regimes like China, Iran, Myanmar, Libya, North Korea and others of the ilk, except a matter of degree, but not of essence.
I write this as a long-time lawyer, judge and supporter of the civil rights of ordinary people to live and work in a democratic country.
Jun 23rd, 2009 @ 11:13
We are having a similar problem in Australia.
I think you are all doing the correct thing.
However, I think the most important item is to get as many people to write to their political representatives as possible.
Personally, by facsimile is best but email is also OK.
A Petition is OK, Protest is OK – but imagine if every Political facsimile machine (and email box) in Germany was receiving faxes/emails from the members constituents about how they personally do not want to see this filter in place and if it is put in place then maybe next election we will be voting for someone else.
This is a very strong motivator for politicians.
First they worry about getting elected again – then they worry about everything else.
Jun 23rd, 2009 @ 14:44
[...] Links, banners and more (16.06.2009) http://netzpolitik.org/2009/the-dawning-of-internet-censorship-in-germ…; [...]
Jun 23rd, 2009 @ 22:51
[...] MÁS TARDE: Adviértase que no sólo Irán está censurando internet. Alemania quiere hacerlo y quiere poner en marcha una infraestructura de censura que pueda utilizar para unos propósitos [...]
Jun 24th, 2009 @ 18:46
[...] Public Project Lead Markus Beckedahl, whose seasoned blog coverage is keeping the public abreast of Germany’s dawning internet censorship and other pressing political topics. Also joining us is Klas Roggenkamp from the German political [...]
Jun 24th, 2009 @ 21:33
[...] Public Project Lead Markus Beckedahl, whose seasoned blog coverage is keeping the public abreast of Germany’s dawning internet censorship and other pressing political topics. Also joining us is Klas Roggenkamp from the German political [...]
Jun 30th, 2009 @ 14:48
[...] The Internet War started. Cenzorship hits mainstream politics in US, UK, UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Australia, Iran and Sweden attacking even the foundational [...]
Jul 1st, 2009 @ 11:54
I am surprised to know there exists internet censorship in germany too. I always think internet cenship only in saudi arab,china and iran.,etc.
Jul 2nd, 2009 @ 23:27
[...] ‘watched’, sensured, or otherwise restricted. I’m sorry but what is going on in Germany, Iran, and a slew of other countries in regards to internet sensureship throws up a lot of red [...]
Jul 8th, 2009 @ 23:00
[...] The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany : netzpolitik.org (tags: censorship germany zensur zensursula) [...]
Jul 9th, 2009 @ 20:23
[...] a recent (and misguided) move by German politicians to censor the Internet in Germany in order to combat child pornography led over 130,000 German Internet users to sign a petition against this plan and galvanized the [...]
Jul 20th, 2009 @ 12:26
[...] Glück geben aber nicht alle auf: Netzpolitik.org hat einen Beitrag mit den wichtigsten Punkten auf Englisch verfasst, um das Ausland auf die geplante Netzzensur in Deutschland aufmerksam zu machen. Marita Wagner [...]
Jul 25th, 2009 @ 17:02
[...] of the internet as most Germans. German authorities sense the dangers behind this new freedom and invent more and more innovative tools to prevent us from the dangers of the web. And Vodafone was among the first brands to willingly support German authorities in filtering [...]
Aug 19th, 2009 @ 10:45
[...] data retention laws, forcing companies to keep information on their customers. Just recently, the German government proposed giving itself the power to censor the [...]
Sep 14th, 2009 @ 9:09
Australia is well on the way:
http://shitful.com/story/internet-censorship
Nov 8th, 2009 @ 10:13
[...] Heute mal drei Kreuze… By alexander Note: Since this post is about German politics, it’s consequently in German. You may find a similar obituary here. Background information can be found here. [...]
Nov 16th, 2009 @ 17:47
[...] The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany – On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture. [...]
Dez 5th, 2009 @ 11:10
There is a better way! Countries should work together and find the makers and distributors of child pornography world wide and send teams of mercenaries to kill them. Not child molesters unless they refuse to get help but unscrupulously child pornographers that make money on this disgusting, child and society destroying crap. Mission: find and destroy this sub-human scum!
Dez 15th, 2009 @ 0:23
[...] makes university now too expensive for some people), and a proposal which will give the government censorship control on the internet (we are the “technology generation”) are just a few [...]
Dez 21st, 2009 @ 23:24
[...] fassen die Zensursula-Proteste in einem englisch-sprachigen Artikel zusammen: The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany. Das wird ein guter Lasttest für den Server, denn der Artikel kommt parallel auf Digg, [...]
Jan 12th, 2010 @ 19:35
[...] governments of Germany and Australia have made progress on the idea of internet [...]
Apr 8th, 2010 @ 23:57
[...] El comienzo de la censura de internet en Alemania [eng] http://www.netzpolitik.org/2009/the-dawning-of-internet-censorship-… por Torosentado hace 1 segundos [...]
Apr 9th, 2010 @ 5:30
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Apr 9th, 2010 @ 6:49
[...] Original source : http://www.netzpolitik.org/2009/the-dawning-of-int…; [...]
Apr 12th, 2010 @ 0:25
[...] Censura de Internet en Alemania [...]