UK's new national firewall blocks Slashdot, EFF, and Boing Boing

The amazon.co.uk vs amazon.com is an example of the creeping corporate throttle-hold on trade.

Geographic separation of markets is a dream for companies - people pay different amounts in different places. I used to be able to (from here in the UK) google for example ski jacket sellers in New York; now it’s harder, and they keep changing the method. Google always tries to bend you back to UK suppliers - there’s obviously some quid pro quo between gov and Google.

So the filter here, it’s not just porn - that’s the trojan. It’s big money driving it.

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