Europe Cracks Down on Bloggers, Not Terrorists

by Paul Belien
The Brussels Journal
March 1, 2010

http://www.legal-project.org/664/europe-cracks-down-on-bloggers-not-terrorists

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There is terrorism and there is Islamophobia. Of these two the latter is apparently the more serious misdemeanor. Europe is introducing draconian measures to monitor the internet for so-called "racism," but at the same time the European Parliament has decided to deny America access to servers with international banking data that relate to terrorist organizations.

Last January, the French Inter-ministerial Committee on Racism and Anti-Semitism met to discuss measures to ban from the Internet those websites deemed by public moralists to be "racist." The French government is acting in accordance with resolutions of the European Parliament that urge the member states of the European Union to "combat racism and xenophobia." The French authorities are currently working on "a plan of action at the national and international levels, mobilizing public authorities, Internet operators and special-interest groups" to combat "the expression of racist commentary on the Internet."

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