Report: 'Net filtering won't stop online extremism

A British group dedicated to the study of radicalism has tackled the issue of the use of the Internet to spread extremism. In general, it concluded, online behavior is simply an extension of what goes in in the real world, and tackling issues in the real world may be substantially easier.<BR><BR><a href='http://meincmagazine.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/report-net-filtering-wont-stop-online-extremism.ars'>Read the whole story</a>

 

[potato44819]

The answer to extremism online is indifference.

 

[Inventor]

If we let the extremists express themselves on public web boards and Internet chat-rooms it will help the authorities keep an eye on them. Like the grafitti wall in Red China

 

[earl grey]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Almost by definition, the authors argue, the government has little or no credibility </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>They could easily have just ended with a period here and summed up their entire article. Government has NO PLACE IN CENSORSHIP (or snooping, or filtering, or dozens of other activities in which they seem to think they have some moral sway).

 

[AxMi-24]

Don't see how forbidding and censoring is going to help. The groups will just feel even more justified (as government is clearly attacking them).<BR><BR>Besides if they are doing something illegal than go after them. If not than piss of. All this censoring groups that have "wrong" opinions is just a slide like "think of the children" and than all of the sudden we are censored when talking about latest lies by local politicians or corrupt official/whatever.<BR><BR>Censorship has nothing to do in a democracy. All opinions are allowed as long as you are not actually attacking someone (and than there is no need for censorship as it's evidence to be used in court).