Working group against internet blocking and censorship

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Logo of the AK censorship

The working group against internet blocking and censorship ( AK censorship for short ) is an association of legal and natural persons that was founded in April 2009 in the course of the discussion about internet blocking against child pornography . The working group speaks out against Internet blocking and instead of this measure, which is viewed as a “symbolic policy”, calls for an effective fight against child abuse . The members also warn of the general dangers of censorship on the Internet .

Members

According to their own statements, members include the anti-spam associations , Aktion Umwelt, FoeBuD , the Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft (FITUG), the Forum for Computer Scientists for Peace and Social Responsibility (FIfF) , Victims of Abuse Against InternetBlocks (MOGiS), netzpolitik.org , the online Platform ODEM.org, Spreeblick and Despite Allem e. V. Responsible for the AK censorship and the content is Alvar Freude, who has been active against censorship on the internet for years. Also Franziska Heine , a online petition initiated against the barriers that belongs to the AK-censorship. In terms of content and personnel, there are overlaps with the data retention working group .

history

The working group gained notoriety primarily through the Bundestag petition against the Access Restriction Act and an action that demonstrated that child pornography websites can also be deleted very quickly and unbureaucratically outside of Germany . The (former) member MOGiS also published an opinion poll that refuted what he believed to be a manipulative poll by the Child Protection Association. In addition to the Chaos Computer Club , members of the working group also served as political discussion partners for the SPD parliamentary group in the context of the lockdown debate and as representatives of the “ network community ” in this . In the meantime, the AK Zensur has also prepared a substantive constitutional complaint against the bans.

On April 5, 2011, it became known that one of the most important founding goals, the fight against Internet blocking in Germany, was being implemented: The federal government decided to abolish the Access Restriction Act.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Torsten Kleinz: Federal Family Minister calls for network blocks against child pornography . On: heise.de . 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ ak-zensur.de
  3. ^ Alvar Freude: Franziska Heine: BKA inactive when deleting child pornographic websites abroad . On ak-zensur.de . 6, 2009.
  4. ↑ Alvar Freude: Delete instead of hide: It works! . On ak-zensur.de . 5, 2009. or Florian Rötzer : Websites with child pornography can be quickly removed from the Internet . At heise.de . 5, 2009.
  5. ↑ Richard Meusers: Opponents of blacklist break off dialogue with SPD. On spiegel.de. 6, 2009. or Ludwigsburg Dialogue ( Memento from July 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) . Joint statement with SPD network activists.
  6. ↑ Christian Rath: Opponents of the censorship hope for Koehler . On taz.de . 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ Tagesschau from April 6, 2011: Great approval for the end of the Internet locks: A "success for reason" ( Memento from April 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )