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		Muromec on Dec 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Github may block content if they receive a valid r... >You really do not want to go down that slippery slope. Russia already did. Suicide filters were introduced two years ago or something. Now they are used to block porn, political opponents, sites about drugs and whatever government wants to declare "extrimism". Ah, and last time they added copyright infringement to the list.

arpa on Dec 5, 2014 [–]

Oops. Now who could have guessed that filtering could be used for such purposes?

Muromec on Dec 6, 2014 | [–]

Everybody did. Russians know shit about their government.

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