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Title: Poland's gov't votes itself an Internet kill switch
Post by: MetalDog on June 10, 2016, 08:57:21 PM

The ruling party of the Polish government, PiS, has an absolute majority. With it, they have passed a counterterrorism law allowing them broad powers to silence dissent, digital as well as, real world.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/now-poland-government-coming-internet-222634121.html

Title: Re: Poland's gov't votes itself an Internet kill switch
Post by: Staggerwing on June 10, 2016, 09:18:03 PM

Probably not much use against the Russian Hacker Privateers and their Putin-signed Letters of Marque.

Title: Re: Poland's gov't votes itself an Internet kill switch
Post by: Boggit on June 10, 2016, 10:49:45 PM

I know from Polish friends that there is a lot of concern with the direction of the Polish government. :(

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