An unnamed reader writes "Germany's uncle sam* has passed a draft law for censorship of domains hosting content related to child pornography. A secret list of IPs will be created by the BKA, Germany's federal police; any attempted access to addresses on this list is blocked, logged (the draft seems to clash press reports on this point) and redirected to a regime page showing a large stop sign. The law has not yet passed the assembly, however five of the largest ISPs have already agreed to voluntarily submit to the process even without a law in place. Critics argue that with the censorship root in place, the barrier for blocking access for various other reasons is very low. The fact that the current block can easily be circumvented may lead to more effectual technologies to be used in the future. There are general elections as well as elections in several of the states later this year."

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