The Great Firewall of the Internet: Filtering, Blocking, and Government Censorship

April 3, 2003

Great Firewall of the Internet

Spain

lAmong other topics, Arturo Quirantes will discuss Spain‘s 2002 law requiring web publishers to register sites with the government or pay large fines. 415 Spanish webmasters responded by replacing their websites with a protest page. Spain also passed legislation authorizing judges to shut down Spanish sites and block access to websites that don't comply with national laws.