Does the UK Really Think it Can Police the Internet?
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A school playground in England, 1997. I am 12 years old. I am walking towards the entrance where my mother is waiting to drive me home. I am giddy with excitement during the journey back. Tonight is the night that I'm finally going to get it. I barely look up as I eat my dinner, shoveling it into my mouth as quickly as I possibly can. As soon as the knife and fork hit the empty plate, I'm rushing upstairs to the computer. I sit in front of the glow of the Windows 95 boot screen until the familiar start-up sound plays. A few clicks later, I'm listening to the screeching and hissing of the modem as I connect to the Internet.
Does the UK Really Think it Can Police the Internet?
Does the UK Really Think it Can Police the…
Does the UK Really Think it Can Police the Internet?
A school playground in England, 1997. I am 12 years old. I am walking towards the entrance where my mother is waiting to drive me home. I am giddy with excitement during the journey back. Tonight is the night that I'm finally going to get it. I barely look up as I eat my dinner, shoveling it into my mouth as quickly as I possibly can. As soon as the knife and fork hit the empty plate, I'm rushing upstairs to the computer. I sit in front of the glow of the Windows 95 boot screen until the familiar start-up sound plays. A few clicks later, I'm listening to the screeching and hissing of the modem as I connect to the Internet.