Anti-piracy laws passed: 'Fears of wave of censorship' raised

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    Date: 
    14 April 2010

    t’s politics day here on the iGeneration blog. The general election has been set as May 6th and today is the last seating of Parliament before the Queen dissolves it on Monday morning. Campaigning has begun, and the Prime Minister has set off on his travels to canvas for votes with the other respective political parties on their own campaign trail.

    Though today is no ordinary day. Today is the last day of full governmental control - and with that, legislation that has been sitting on the Parliamentary desks for weeks on end has been dusted off, handed to the clerks and is now, basically, being rushed through the Commons by the end of the working day.

    The Digital Economy Bill is the most controversial piece of legislation on the cards today and is set to be debated later on this evening. The bill, covered quite extensively on this blog, will give the state and government to tell ISP’s to disable and suspend broadband and Internet accounts of users through a three-strike system of copyright infringement; in a nutshell, admittedly.