Venezuelan Politicians Seem To Think The Web Is Like TV: Adult Content Only Allowed At Night
from the that's-not-how-it-works dept
With all the jokes we’ve had about how badly it seems the US government doesn’t understand the internet, and often seems to want to censor the internet, it appears that politicians in Venezuela want to go even further. A lawmaker from the ruling party has put forth a bill that would regulate the internet — in part by saying that adult content can only be available after midnight.
Yes, you read that right. Supporters point out that this is the same requirement for TV and radio, so why shouldn’t it work that way for the internet? Detractors point out that… um… that’s not how the internet works. Of course, the bill also lets the government directly censor websites that say things the ruling party doesn’t like, which does seem like standard practice for media entities in Venezuela these days.
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Comments on “Venezuelan Politicians Seem To Think The Web Is Like TV: Adult Content Only Allowed At Night”
As the saying goes “its 5 pm somewhere” …
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Heh. My thought exactly *swigs*
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Apparently, it’s ALWAYS 5pm there…
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Went to Philadelphia once, you know what? It wasn’t sunny.
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NO WAI!11one!1!six!!1
actually this could work. Just set up dns servers in the country that only make the dns names available from midnight to 6am local time. Won’t stop every one, but would make it a deterrent.
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Yes, it worked so very well in every other country that tried.
:eye-roll:
/sarc
Also, there’s a completely distributed uncensorable DNS system coming. Heard of Dot-p2p yet?
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Wouldn’t that just mean the whole internet would only be available at night?
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“adult content can only be available after midnight.”
“Wouldn’t that just mean the whole internet would only be available at night?”
There’s a joke here somewhere…
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The internet isn’t just porn…there are also pictures of cats.
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No, it’s made of cats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8VTeDHjcM. Which is why the whole thing is destined to fail…
The internet is for porn
The internet is made of cats
Every time you masturbate god kills a kitten
Therefore, the internet is self-defeating
Re: dns servers
Well people will begin to understand internet a bit more the fact that you can cache the name of a server in your personnal computer. Yes it will work for a while, put it will be quick and there will be software that help you bypass this.
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It will work right up until the people of the country decided to use opendns, or google’s dns, or any other dns that resides outside of their country
Is the follow up news that men everywhere (in Venezuela) are going to work half asleep?
isn’t the ARD in germany doing the same thing with their catch up service? they block it before the watershed, making the service less than useful.
“Of course, the bill also lets the government directly censor websites that say things the ruling parties don’t like, which does seem like standard practice for media entities in America these days.”
Love the title !
lolzz….
I really loved the title !! I cracked up on that !
Thanks for making my day 🙂
Did anyone else read the first word in the title as vuvuzela ?
Even worse in Germany
The JMStV is a law just passed to “protect the children” by forcing anyone to implement a rating system on their page which would automatically be blocked by parents adjusting their kid’s browsers filter. If anyone does not want to rate it and they are offering content for adults (not necessarily pron) they have to make sure their content is only available after 10 p.m.
That’s what you get with a bunch of clueless jerks who just don’t get the internet (actually most ppl thing, they do, they only want to control it).
Great minds
Haven’t got a clue, have they?
Contradictions as always
Well, I am Venezuelan. What can I say? The governor is a man who criticizes US and capitalism, but he uses Twiter.