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Censorship: Case Finland

Kai K. Kimppa, Censorship: Case Finland. In: Mariacarla Calzarossa Ivo de Lotto Simon Rogerson Terrel Ward Bynum (Ed.), Ethicomp 2008: Living, Working and Learning Beyond Technology, 464-469, 2008.

Abstract:

In this paper the Finnish censorship system—purported to censor child pornography—and its major problems is presented. The paper is based on public discussions, legal documents, critiques of the law and its effects. The law and its execution is undoubtedly problematic if the accusations of its critics that practically 99% of the known over 1000 blocked web sites contain no child pornography at all are true. No contradictory evidence is found, however, and the estimate seems to hold. This is the typical problem of all censorship systems; they censor more or less arbitrarily, based on the prejudices of the censor.

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BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpKimppa08a,
  title = {Censorship: Case Finland},
  booktitle = {Ethicomp 2008: Living, Working and Learning Beyond Technology},
  author = {Kimppa, Kai K.},
  editor = {Terrel Ward Bynum, Mariacarla Calzarossa Ivo de Lotto Simon Rogerson},
  pages = {464-469},
  year = {2008},
  keywords = {Censorship, IT ethics, Internet},
}

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