short version: france's constitutional council approved a law criminalizing filming or broadcasting acts of violence unless done by a professional journalist. prison term of up to 5 years and a fine of up to 75000 euros accompany a violation. long version here.
commentary: no podcasting riots, no blogging about the rioting by muslim youths such as happened last summer, and evidently, no acts of violence in films, either. although i don't understand why this article is on macworld, this part of the article is what has me angry:
the government has also proposed a certification system for web sites, blog hosters, mobile-phone operators and internet service providers, identifying them as government-approved sources of information if they adhere to certain rules. the journalists’ organization reporters without borders, which campaigns for a free press, has warned that such a system could lead to excessive self censorship as organizations worried about losing their certification suppress certain stories.
this is censorship.
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