Everything Wrong With the Games Industry Episode 12- Censorship
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"We cannot have a society in which some dictator ... can start imposing censorship here in the U.S.," Obama said.
President Obama today criticized Sony Pictures for axing the release of The Interview following the hack of its network, arguing that it sets a terrible precedent.
"I think they made a mistake," Obama said during a press conference from Washington, D.C. "I wish they'd spoken to me first. I would've told them [to] not get into a pattern in which you're intimidated by these types of criminal attacks."
"We cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the U.S.," the president said.
If a country like North Korea can impact the release of a satirical movie, imagine what can be done if they see a documentary or a news report they don't like, Obama said. "Even worse, imagine if producers and distributors and others start engaging in self-censorship because they don't want to offend the sensibilities of somebody whose sensibilities probably need to be offended."
"That's not who we are," Obama continued. "That's not what America is about."
Obama's press conference came after the FBI this morning confirmed that the devastating hack of Sony Pictures was pulled off by the North Korean government. The agency said it found links between the Sony hack and previous hacks that are confirmed to have been pulled off by North Korea.
Obama said today that there is no indication that North Korea worked with another country - like China - on the hack.
The breach, however, highlights the need for stronger cyber security, Obama said. "We're not even close to where we need to be," he said.
As a result, we need legislation that would allow for information sharing between the public and private sector, Obama said. Congress has made efforts to get cyber-security legislation like that passed - most notably CISPA in 2012 - but the issue is very politically charged, and tech firms are concerned that laws on evolving technology could stifle innovation.
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Google Inc. (GOOG) sued to block what it called overly broad demands by Mississippi in its investigation of online contraband sales, after accusing the states attorney general of doing Hollywoods bidding.
The lawsuit was filed today in federal court in Jackson, after Google, citing hacked Sony Corp. e-mails, expressed concerns about reports that the Motion Picture Association of America pushed states to pressure the search-engine giant.
In an item posted on its public policy blog yesterday and updated today, Google said the MPAA did legal legwork for Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hoods investigation by drafting a letter making numerous accusations about the company that he later sent.
The company asked the court to block Hoods subpoena, which seeks information about how it restricts -- or doesnt restrict -- material created by third parties and available through Googles services and also asks for information about the importation of prescription drugs.
Little in the subpoena seems to relate to the valid subjects of regulation by the attorney general, Google said in its complaint. It is instead, consistent with the attorney generals prior public statements, designed only to impose burdensome obligation on Google in order to coerce Google to agree to the changes to its business practices.
In a statement today, Hood struck a conciliatory tone, saying he was calling a time out and would seek to reach a peaceful resolution with Google. Still, he chided the companys general counsel for feeding the media a salacious Hollywood tale.
Some of its more excitable people have sued trying to stop the state of Mississippi for daring to ask some questions, he said.
Google claimed Hoods threats of civil and criminal enforcement violate the federal Communications Decency Act, which it said grants Internet companies broad immunity from prosecution for making third-party content available. Hoods demands also violate constitutional protections of free speech and against unreasonable searches, Mountain View, California-based Google said.
The effect of the attorney generals inquiry is to chill the operation of Googles search engine and other services such as the YouTube video-sharing site, threatening to silence vast amounts of protected speech, according to the complaint.
The MPAA yesterday said Googles effort to position itself as a defender of free speech is shameful.
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Face-sitting porn demonstrators protest against censorship laws outside Parliament
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to participate in a mass face-sitting demonstration on 12 December to express their dismay at ...
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