Web to have "Terror Watch" team...

[farad]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4360727.stm

"Five European governments are setting up a hi-tech team to monitor how terrorists and criminals use the net. The group will make recommendations on shutting down websites that break terrorism laws. "

[Survivor]

This place is going down.

[Fender]

The terrorists have already won.

[phantasmagoria]

bomb terrorist anthrax chemical weapons of mas destruction al qaeda bin laden assasinate

[The HavoX]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4360727.stm

"Five European governments are setting up a hi-tech team to monitor how terrorists and criminals use the net. The group will make recommendations on shutting down websites that break terrorism laws. "

don't they have a clue what freedom of speech means?

[Survivor]

Hmm, read somewhere about germany wanting to record all internet traffic for one year to localize terrorists or something. Maybe it's the same thing

[eepberries]

Uh. What exactly are these "terrorism laws" in which they speak of?

[tnf]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4360727.stm

"Five European governments are setting up a hi-tech team to monitor how terrorists and criminals use the net. The group will make recommendations on shutting down websites that break terrorism laws. "

don't they have a clue what freedom of speech means?

Freedom of speech isn't guaranteed in all countries.
Furthermore, it has been explained again and again in courts of law that there are certain types of "speech" not protected by aforementioned freedom.

So, yes, they probably do have a clue what it means. But that doesn't mean they will, necessarily respect it...the problem is that this will probably target more than just terror groups, and will likely have an impact on people who are not associated with terror.