Philosiverse Government Archives:Philosican Internet Act Of 2090

PHILOSICAN MEDIA AND INTERNET REGULATORY AGENCY (PMIRA)
= PHILOSICAN INTERNET ACT OF 2090 =

= PROPOSED 5/10/2088- APPROVED 1/1/2089- EFFECTIVE 1/2/2090 =

Section 1- PMIRA WikiFilter
1.1- All wikis (a “wiki” is defined as any website that can be edited by anyone without prior coding knowledge) must have a filter that disallows anything that goes against the Philosican government to be posted.

1.2- Wikis have 30 days from the Effective Date of this law to implement the filters. Any wiki that does not have a working filter at the end of the 30-day period will be blocked.

Section 2- Website Blocking
2.1- Any website that violates any laws (including this one) will be added to a “blacklist.” All ISPs are required to implement a filter that redirects traffic to blocked websites to a “block page”. This decision may be appealed after 30 days by the website owner if they provide written proof that they are the owner of said website and they have removed all illegal content from their websites. This will be verified using a "sandboxed" environment that is legally allowed to get around this blacklist for the sole purpose of reviewing websites. If an appeal is denied, the website owner must then wait another 90 days for a subsequent appeal.

2-2- All ISPs that do not comply with this section within 30 days of the Effective Date of this law will be shut down and the owners of the offending companies will also be sent to prison.

Section 3- Website Content
3.1- All websites that contain content inappropriate for children are given a “MATURE CONTENT” rating and the user must confirm their age before accessing these websites. Web content containing explicit images (regardless of the age of the persons involved) as well as content depicting/glorifying acts of violence, child abuse, animal abuse, obscene/defamatory content, and slurs/oaths related to gender, religion, and race is also prohibited.

3.2- Websites that bypass any “Age Confirmations”, as well as websites containing prohibited content, will be blocked.

Section 4- Seizure & Shutdown of Websites
4.1- In extreme cases such as excessive piracy, or if a website if found to contain illegal content even after a successful appeal, it may be seized and/or shut down by the PMIRA. Seized domains are unavailable for future website owners to use and have a notice on them explaining why they were seized. This may only be used if a website is found to contain extreme content or to be hosting or containing malicious files or code that can greatly compromise the security and integrity of confidential government documents. A website can also be shut down if it is found to be violating Philosican laws even after a successful appeal after having been blocked. Shutting down a website means that the servers hosting it must immediately destroy all data associated with it using a secure data erasure method, and the domains can then be released for use by other websites if they do not themselves contain any illegal or offensive content.

4.2- Any web host that fails to remove all content of a website that has been shut down within 48 hours of the shutdown occurring will themselves be shut down.