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Israel: Knesset Freezes Talkback Law for Web-Comment Censorship

posted by Gilad Lotan on May 14, 2008
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The Knesset has decided to freeze legislation regulating readers’ ability to respond to articles via the so-called “Talkback Law”, in an effort to allow web sites to practice self-regulation. The Talkback Law, submitted by MK Israel Hasson (Yisrael Beiteinu), passed its preliminary reading. It would make web sites responsible for the talkbacks (user generated comments) [...]

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Israel: Israblog’s Decision Against Banning Pro-Ana Sites

posted by Gilad Lotan on Mar 12, 2008

An agressive campaign to shut down pro-ana blogs has been taking place in the popular Israeli portal Israblog. Pro-ana refers to the promotion or support of anorexia as a lifestyle choice. Many pro-ana organizations state that they exist mainly to give anorexics a place to turn to discuss their illness in a non-judgmental environment.
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Israel: Law for Censorship of Web Comments Passes Initial Knesset Voting

posted by Gilad Lotan on Jan 19, 2008

Israeli web culture is known for having an active talkback (web commenting) scene. Every major news site allows users to submit comments for every single one of its stories. Israeli culture at its best and worst thrives through discussions held within these spaces; discussions which are planned to fall under future censorship, according to the [...]

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Israel: the censorship bill unanimously approved

posted by Sami Ben Gharbia on Jul 13, 2007

The censorship bill for internet porn and violence proposed by Amnon Cohen of the ultra-orthodox Shas party has been unanimously approved by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation and will be brought to the Israeli Knesset.

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