Wednesday, July 04, 2007

EC Wants to Suppress Internet Bomb-Making Guides

Lewis Page writes on The Register:

The European Commission (EC) has announced plans to frustrate terrorism by suppressing online guides on bomb-making.

"It should simply not be possible to leave people free to instruct other people on the internet on how to make a bomb – that has nothing to do with freedom of expression," EC vice president Franco Frattini said yesterday.

Mr Frattini is "responsible for Freedom, Security and Justice."

When asked how the EC planned to suppress web bomb manufacture instructions hosted outside EU borders, it appeared that officials planned to act at the level of ISPs in Europe.

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