British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine

Re:British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine by ashconnor on Friday July 29, 2011 @05:30AM (#2820929)

Although the UK doesn't have a constitution, Freedom of Speech is guaranteed in Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.

That being said, the number of clauses in which freedom of speech is 'restricted' means that the UK doesn't strictly have freedom of speech. You are even free to speak as you want or not. The UK falls into the latter category.

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Re:British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine by radu_floricica on Friday July 29, 2011 @08:09AM (#2821334)

Yelling fire in a theater? Absolutes are of no use in this kind of discussion... better to go with "more" and "enough".

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Re:British Telecom ordered to blacklist Usenet search engine by ashconnor on Friday July 29, 2011 @09:01AM (#2821500)

Then the offense should be "endangering the public" through wreckless actions than the speech itself.

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