Re: PICS news: German, Singaporean Net censorship moves

Chris Lilley (Chris.Lilley@sophia.inria.fr)
Wed, 17 Jul 1996 20:22:12 +0200 (DST)


On Jul 17, 2:13pm, Rohit Khare wrote:

> The government will also ban:
>
> * contents that jeopardize public security or national defense.
> * anything that ridicules racial or religious groups.
> * the promotion of religious deviations or occult practices.
> * the "gross exploitation" of violence, nudity, sex or horror.
> * the depiction of "sexual perversions" such as homosexuality.
>
> All these are already banned from books, magazines, newspapers, movies
> and public forums.

Wild. Neopagan religions are banned (item three, occult practices grouped in
with "religious deviations"). Thus, the Singapore Government regulations
recursively ban themselves (item two, ridicules religious groups).

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