Re:Germany is pressuring Neocities to censor a disclosure of...
by pgeorgi on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @04:45AM
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What they desperately try to prevent (since about forever) is that the index becomes a "shopping list" among minors.
The offline index was effective while being locked up in their office or other places where age controls can be ensured: publishers and stores mostly try to avoid the fines that they get for advertising index-material "to the youth" (ie. outside adult-only areas).
The online index needs to be installed to routers to be effective and thus have to leave the BPjM's control. That's why they veiled it, and why they're now so furious that the descrambled list is available on the net (and in the news, too).
The offline index was effective while being locked up in their office or other places where age controls can be ensured: publishers and stores mostly try to avoid the fines that they get for advertising index-material "to the youth" (ie. outside adult-only areas).
The online index needs to be installed to routers to be effective and thus have to leave the BPjM's control. That's why they veiled it, and why they're now so furious that the descrambled list is available on the net (and in the news, too).