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17 July 2018Copyright

EFF criticises Japan’s website-blocking proposals

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has described the Japanese government’s proposals to introduce website-blocking as “cutting off your hand to deal with a paper cut”, in a  statement released on Friday, July 13.

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