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.