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Digital Economy Bill passed in under two hours

Last night saw the Digital Economy Bill swept through parliament thanks to the wash-up phase, but some minor victories were won on controversial clauses.

By Jennifer Scott, 8 Apr 2010 at 11:01

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Jim Killock, director of the Open Rights Group (ORG), has called the passing of the bill an “utter disgrace” and plans to continue his group’s campaign.

"Politicians have shown themselves to be incompetent and completely out of touch with an entire generation's values,” he said in a statement.

"There now thousands of activists working with ORG planning to show up in hustings, demand answers from candidates, and who are willing to punish those who voted for this at the ballot box."

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beginning of the end of the Internet

After watching the video which states that the internet as we know it, will be shutdown by 2012 and replaced by commercially controlled internet2; is the digitial electronic bill the first steps towards this?

By scrugner on Friday Apr 9