Comments on: Blocking content sites by ‘self-regulation’ – a recipe for easy censorship http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/04/01/blocking-content-sites-by-self-regulation-a-recipe-for-easy-censorship/ A conversation. Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: links for 2011-04-04 | Joanna Geary http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/04/01/blocking-content-sites-by-self-regulation-a-recipe-for-easy-censorship/#comment-18248 links for 2011-04-04 | Joanna Geary Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:03:16 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14044#comment-18248 [...] Blocking content sites by ‘self-regulation’ – a recipe for easy censorship | Online Journalism... The point is not blocking sites, but the ease with which it might be done. If distribution van drivers ‘self-regulated’ to stop delivering newspapers whenever anyone complained, publishers and journalists would have a problem. An avenue to appeal doesn’t solve it, because by then the editorial moment will likely have passed – not to mention the extra costs it incurs for content producers. (tags: journalism law) [...] [...] Blocking content sites by ‘self-regulation’ – a recipe for easy censorship | Online Journalism… The point is not blocking sites, but the ease with which it might be done. If distribution van drivers ‘self-regulated’ to stop delivering newspapers whenever anyone complained, publishers and journalists would have a problem. An avenue to appeal doesn’t solve it, because by then the editorial moment will likely have passed – not to mention the extra costs it incurs for content producers. (tags: journalism law) [...]

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