Comments on: Israel: Law for Censorship of Web Comments Passes Initial Knesset Voting

By: 2jk.org:: Intellect or Insanity» Blog Archive » One v. Shechter et al, Critical Bloggers Beware.

Sun, 11 May 2008 16:19:32 +0000

[...] Tuesday I’ll be going to the Parliament to discuss Israel Hasson’s “Talkback” bill*; this draft is a quick evolution of his last anti-anonymity bill which was rejected. If passed, [...]

By: Israeli Minister Proposes Law on Website Comments : Committee to Protect Bloggers

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:50:03 +0000

[...] to GV, the bill has already passed its “first reading.” Two more and it will become law. [...]

By: Ray Smith

Ray Smith — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:02:10 +0000

Gilad:

I am not familiar with either the Israeli Constitution or their system of judicial review, however, if theirs are generally similar to the U.S. counterparts, it would seem that the best hope for thwarting this oppression of free speech lies in bringing forth a test case in Israeli courts and winning there. Protest demonstrations are fine, but, unlike judicial review, they tend not to block future repetitions of this kind of behavior.

Curious Ray

By: Solana Larsen

Solana Larsen — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:24:49 +0000

I hope this law isn’t passed. As elsewhere, possibly well-meaning law makers just don’t seem to get the internet or web culture. Standing up for “moral” behavior online must seem like an easy way to score points as a politician.