UK Proposal to Police the Web Hits Hurdles
Steve Ranger writes on C|Net News:
Another government tech policy has been defeated by the British House of Lords, with members rejecting plans to give police more power over terrorism-related content on Web sites.
The government's original plans would have allowed police to act after deciding information on the Internet is related to terrorism. But this was changed by the House of Lords so that police would have to ask judges before telling Internet service providers to remove Web pages, according to the BBC.
The government was defeated by 148-147 vote. The bill received a third reading and will now return to the House of Commons.
posted by Fergie @ 2/02/2006 10:25:00 AM
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