You know what would be really nice? Filter internet filters. So, if the government proposed a law that an internet filter is included, it would be automatically refused. Such a filter saves parliamentary work and prevents that we have to trust that the House is doing the right thing.
Because what happens now is that to counter a possible Internet filtering is introduced into the slipstream of a change in the current rules for gambling addiction. Next Thursday the House debating a proposal to align the rules concerning the prevention of gambling addiction with the age that “Internet” hot. Unfortunately, that bill also contains must give an article that the Gaming Authority ( “KSA”) the power to use an Internet filter .
In fact, such an internet filter if not manipulating, blocking and filtering Internet traffic. A very bad plan. Such an internet filter does not solve the problem with illegal sites, but this only makes invisible. Because you can with a little googling your way in order to find the filter. The lack of effectiveness was reason to reject earlier proposal for Internet filters. But even more important is that Internet filters undermine confidence in the digital infrastructure: a filter is forcing providers to manipulate Internet traffic – exactly what criminals do. Such a filter therefore runs counter to the efforts of the government to make us safer internet.
We therefore hope that the political groups in Parliament’s proposal D66, to delete the internet filterout the bill, will embrace. Whether that will happen is hard to predict. Gambling, anyone?
If you find the internet filter such a bad plan, please call or mail me with an MP. Almost all spokespeople are on the list of speakers . The spokesman of the Labor Party is not there, but that’sMei Li Vos . She, Gert-Jan Segers of the Christian Union and Lilian Helder PVV will likely prevail. The reasons for being against Internet filtering, can be found here .
Source: Bits of Freedom Translation: Gaming in Holland
