IHT: Italy to control Internet
MILAN: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy has put himself front and center in a debate over whether to place controls on the Internet that go well beyond those that exist in most of the rest of the world. Berlusconi’s governing coalition has backed a law in the Italian Parliament that would force Internet service providers to block access to Web sites with potentially objectionable content. The law, approved last month by the Italian Senate, would give the ISPs 24 hours to block access to the content or face a fine of as much as ¤250,000, or $316,500. MILAN: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy has put himself front and center in a debate over whether to place controls on the Internet that go well beyond those that exist in most of the rest of the world. Berlusconi’s governing coalition has backed a law in the Italian Parliament that would force Internet service providers to block access to Web sites with potentially objectionable content. The law, approved last month by the Italian Senate, would give the ISPs 24 hours to block access to the content or face a fine of as much as ¤250,000, or $316,500. MILAN: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy has put himself front and center in a debate over whether to place controls on the Internet that go well beyond those that exist in most of the rest of the world. Berlusconi’s governing coalition has backed a law in the Italian Parliament that would force Internet service providers to block access to Web sites with potentially objectionable content. The law, approved last month by the Italian Senate, would give the ISPs 24 hours to block access to the content or face a fine of as much as ¤250,000, or $316,500. MILAN: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy has put himself front and center in a debate over whether to place controls on the Internet that go well beyond those that exist in most of the rest of the world. Berlusconi’s governing coalition has backed a law in the Italian Parliament that would force Internet service providers to block access to Web sites with potentially objectionable content. The law, approved last month by the Italian Senate, would give the ISPs 24 hours to block access to the content or face a fine of as much as ¤250,000, or $316,500.
