French Net Censorship Plan Moves Forward

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French lawmakers have voted to approve a draft law to filter Internet traffic that Slashdot previously discussed. The government says the measure is intended to catch child pornographers. The Senate, where the government has a majority, will soon give the bill a second reading. If the Senate makes no amendments to the text, that will also be its final reading, as the government has declared the bill 'urgent,' a procedural move that reduces the usual cycle of four readings to two.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/18/1338222/French-Net-Censorship-Plan-Moves-Forward