The English monarchy could have stopped the Founding Fathers in their tracks if they only possessed “metadata” regarding which colonist talked to whom.
via Euractiv 20.1.14 - massmedia not registrd as print media or broadcatsers but provide "information product" to the public must register wirth the state as "information agencies - blocking of websites authorised - licensing of internet providers - all telcos obliged to buy and install equipment to intercept communications (previously state bought the equipment)
DN 2013-06-06 Säkerhetsmyndigheten NSA har fått tillstånd av den hemliga domstolen FISA att dagligen övervaka trafiken via bredbands- och teleföretaget Verizon, skriver brittiska The Guardian. Tidningen uppger att den har kommit över en kopia av beslutet.
Laurie Penny The Guardian, Friday 3 January 2014 "The worst thing about the porn filter, though, is not that it accidentally blocks a lot of useful information but that it blocks information at all. With minimal argument, a Conservative-led government has given private firms permission to decide what websites we may and may not access. This sets a precedent for state censorship on an enormous scale – all outsourced to the private sector, of course, so that the coalition does not have to hold up its hands to direct responsibility for shutting down freedom of speech." - BT's opt-in filtering system , covers "sites with information about illegal manipulation of electronic devices [and] distribution of software"