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Re:3 days before elections, largest German state censors Pir... by sp332 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @05:35PM (#3956209)
What "list from IBM" would they be using? Can anyone confirm this categorization of the site as "illegal drugs"?

Edit: any chance this was done by someone in support of the pirate party?

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Re:3 days before elections, largest German state censors Pir... by wmf on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:50PM (#3956797)
As a general policy, censorware companies don't want people to be able to see the lists of blocked URLs because they're so embarrassingly over-reaching.
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