Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Today strike against the Alfano Bill

To read more about it http://dirittoallarete.ning.com (in Italian) or this short summary (in English).

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Off topic but very important

Italian Parliament is debating about the so-called "Alfano Bill". If approved as it is, it will introduce actual censorship against all the social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc... by requiring them to oblige to an impossible task. They will be heavily fined (between 7.500 and 12.500 euros), if they don't remove fake or offensive contents in less than 48 hours since they are "requested" to. No blogger can afford it and management costs would be so heavy for sites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter that you have to wonder if they will keep offering their services in Italy.

Tweetaly is not about politics so it will not be interested directly, but censorship is not acceptable. That's why Tweetaly will be "on strike" on July 14th like many other Italian blogs.