Critique of IWF censorship of the Internet

Sam's written an excellent post on censorship of Wikipedia content by the Internet Watch Foundation.

His summary of his call with their Director of Communications is very illuminating, and exposes a worrying lack of comprension of the issue at stake. It's clear that she hasn't grasped the ramifications of a self-regulated, and unaccountable, charitable organisation censoring Internet content.

I hope that his closing recommendations will receive the attention of those who can effect the changes he suggests.

Comments

[sampablokuper]

Hi Nick,

Thanks for your kind appraisal of my post. There's a lengthy (arguably, rambling) follow-up here.

Sorry not to have noticed your post sooner. I tried subscribing to your blog via RSSFWD, but it doesn't seem to have worked. I'll have to investigate...

Sam