INTERNATIONAL: Web filtering is flawed terror response

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  • Removing content
  • Blocking access
  • Network vulnerabilities
  • 'Over-blocking'
  • Performance impairment
  • Free speech concerns
  • Hybrid URL filtering
  • Ease of circumvention
  • Proxy usage
  • Distributed anonymous networks
  • 'Reverse compiling'
  • Legal obstacles
  • Economy-wide costs
  • 'Web 2.0' gap
  • Online forums
  • Free speech objections
  • Human oversight

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