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IWF rethinks its role
Published 12/12/2008 at The Register
Ministry of Justice misleads on extreme porn Anger at aborted attempts by net censor, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to block material hosted on Wikipedia earlier this week may lead to radical changes in the way the organisation works - it has already changed the way the organisation is perceived.…
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