Via Richard Stiennon’s blog we find the possibility that the Canadian goverment may be preparing to filter and block content that it deems inappropriate. This is a disturbing development if found to be true.
On June 29th we saw the ISP Bell Sympatico change it’s policies to permit spying on it’s customers.
While the sites in question are reprehensible white supremacist rantings that deserve to be tactically nuked from orbit it is a little disconcerting that Canada believes its citizens need to be protected from certain types of information.
I can see these sites being filtered…but, what next? And what controls will be in place to avoid abuse?
I worried when Harper took power. Now I’m starting to think that worry might have been justified. If the Conservatives think Canadians are too stupid to avoid hate sites on the internet. How far off can the RFID implants be?
Here’s a snapshot of what we can expect.
[tags]Canadian Government, Censorship, RFID, Harper[/tags]
