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The German conservative-liberal government has decided to give up their plans to establish Internet filters after a respective law to impede the access to child porn websites
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After having refused to pass the Internet filter law for the last eight months, German President Köhler agreed to do so by signing it on 17 February 2010. The law is expected to be officially published in the middle of March 2010.
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The German government declared its intention to not continue with the Internet filtering law which was passed in 2009 to block child pornography online.
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Wikipedia Germany experienced a brief period of filtering over the past weekend, following a complaint from Lutz Heilmann, a member of the German parliement. Although Heilmann has since withdrawn his complaint, the temporary filtering measure has lasting repercussions. Guest blogger Daniel Oppermann has the story.
