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{{Short description|Finnish website}}
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'''Lapsiporno.info''' is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[website]] opposed to [[Internet censorship]]. The website was founded and is maintained by [[software developer]], [[researcher]] and [[Internet activism|Internet activist]] Matti Nikki, who previously attracted international attention by analyzing [[2005 Sony BMG CD copy prevention scandal|Sony BMG's digital rights management rootkit]] that the company's products automatically installed on users' computers.<ref name="The Register">{{cite web | title=Finland censors anti-censorship site | work=[[The Register]] | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/18/finnish_policy_censor_activist/ | date=2008-02-18 | accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> The website focuses on the [[Internet filter|filtering of the Internet]] in Finland, its effectiveness and issues and problems related to it.
[[File:Lapsiporno.info small.png|thumb|300px|This announcement can be seen when trying to access the site.]]
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'''Lapsiporno.info''' ("[[child porn]] [[Information|info]]") is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[website]] opposed to [[Internet censorship]]. The website was founded and is maintained by [[software developer]], [[researcher]] and [[Internet activism|Internet activist]] '''Matti Nikki''', who previously attracted international attention by analyzing [[Sony BMG CD copy prevention scandal|Sony BMG's digital rights management rootkit]] that the company's products automatically installed on users' computers.<ref name="The Register">{{cite web|title=Finland censors anti-censorship site|work=[[The Register]]|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/18/finnish_policy_censor_activist/|date=2008-02-18|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> The website focuses on the [[internet censorship in Finland]], its effectiveness, and the issues and problems related to it.


By December 2007, following changes in Finnish legislation, [[Keskusrikospoliisi]], the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), had compiled a secret blacklist of websites that it deemed to contain [[child pornography]] and sent it to Finnish [[Internet service provider]]s. Although the filtering is optional, Viestintäministeriö, the Ministery of Communications, has threatened to make it mandatory should service providers not implement it voluntarily. Nikki then wrote a program that scanned through [[adult website]]s to find out how the list works. By [[January 7]], [[2008]], he had scanned through 100,000 websites and wrote on lapsiporno.info that of the 785 censored sites the large majority contained in fact legal pornography.<ref>{{cite web | title="Lapsipornolistat ovat tehottomia ja laittomia" | work=Digitoday | url=http://www.digitoday.fi/tietoturva/2008/01/08/%22Lapsipornolistat+ovat+tehottomia+ja+laittomia%22/2008579/66 | date=2008-01-08 | accessdate=2008-02-13 | language=Finnish}}</ref>
By December 2007, following changes in Finnish legislation, [[Keskusrikospoliisi]], the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), had compiled a secret blacklist of websites that it deemed to contain [[child pornography]] and sent it to Finnish [[Internet service provider]]s. Although the filtering is optional, Viestintäministeriö, the Ministry of Communications, has threatened to make it mandatory should service providers not implement it voluntarily. Nikki then wrote a program that scanned through [[adult website]]s to find out how the list works. By January 7, 2008, he had scanned through 100,000 websites and wrote on lapsiporno.info that of the 785 censored sites the large majority contained in fact legal pornography.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lapsipornolistat ovat tehottomia ja laittomia|work=Digitoday|url=http://www.digitoday.fi/tietoturva/2008/01/08/%22Lapsipornolistat+ovat+tehottomia+ja+laittomia%22/2008579/66|date=2008-01-08|accessdate=2008-02-13|language=Finnish}}</ref>


To prove his claims, Nikki published the results of his research on his website, including a list of the blocked addresses he found. Analyzing the address list, Nikki also noted that the first three [[Google]] search results for "[[gay porn]]" are censored. [[Electronic Frontier Finland]] (EFFI) have noticed that the blacklist includes non-pornographic websites also, including a [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] advice forum, a computer repair service and the [[Internet Initiative Japan]] server nn.iij4u.or.jp that, among others, hosts websites for a [[violin]] factory, a [[doll]] store and a [[hearing aid]] manufacturer.<ref name="The Register"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Effi kantelee poliisin nettisensuurista oikeuskanslerille | work=Digitoday | url=http://www.digitoday.fi/yhteiskunta/2008/02/19/Effi+kantelee+poliisin+nettisensuurista+oikeuskanslerille/20085070/66 | date=2008-02-19 | accessdate=2008-02-19 | language=Finnish}}</ref>
To prove his claims, Nikki published the results of his research on his website, including a list of the blocked addresses he found. Analyzing the address list, Nikki also noted that the first three [[Google]] search results for "[[gay porn]]" are censored. [[Electronic Frontier Finland]] (EFFI) have noticed that the blacklist includes non-pornographic websites also, including a [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] advice forum, a computer repair service and the [[Internet Initiative Japan]] server nn.iij4u.or.jp that, among others, hosts websites for a [[violin]] factory, a [[doll]] store and a [[hearing aid]] manufacturer.<ref name="The Register"/><ref name="Digitoday2">{{cite web|title=Effi kantelee poliisin nettisensuurista oikeuskanslerille|work=Digitoday|url=http://www.digitoday.fi/yhteiskunta/2008/02/19/Effi+kantelee+poliisin+nettisensuurista+oikeuskanslerille/20085070/66|date=2008-02-19|accessdate=2008-02-19|language=Finnish}}</ref>


==Censored by the Finnish police==
==Censored by the Finnish police==
{{Wikinews|Finnish internet censorship critic blacklisted}}
{{Wikinews|Finnish internet censorship critic blacklisted}}
On [[February 12]], [[2008]], after [[Elisa Oyj|Elisa]] customers could not access the website it was found that NBI had added lapsiporno.info to their filtering list.<ref name="Digitoday">{{cite web | title=Poliisi sensuroi lapsiporno.infon | work=Digitoday | url=http://www.digitoday.fi/tietoturva/2008/02/13/Poliisi+sensuroi+lapsiporno.infon/20084482/66 | date=2008-02-13 | accessdate=2008-02-13 | language=Finnish}}</ref> The police has refused to comment on which websites are censored and why, but chief inspector Lars Henriksson of the NBI stated that the list includes websites that contain at least one image that is deemed child porn as well as websites that contain a link to such site.<ref name="YLE">{{cite web | title=Poliisi sensuroi suomalaisen internetsivuston | work=[[YLE]] | url=http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/24h/id82601.html | date=2008-02-13 | accessdate=2008-02-13 | language=Finnish}}</ref><ref name="YLE-en">{{cite web | title=Police Censored a Finnish Website | work=[[YLE]] | url=http://www.yle.fi/news/left/id82610.html | date=2008-02-13 | accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref>
On February 12, 2008, after customers of the Finnish ISP [[Elisa Oyj|Elisa]] could not access the website, it was found that NBI had added lapsiporno.info to their filtering list.<ref name="Digitoday">{{cite web|title=Poliisi sensuroi lapsiporno.infon|work=Digitoday|url=http://www.digitoday.fi/tietoturva/2008/02/13/Poliisi+sensuroi+lapsiporno.infon/20084482/66|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-02-13|language=Finnish}}</ref> The police have refused to comment on which websites are censored and why, but chief inspector Lars Henriksson of the NBI stated that the list includes websites that contain at least one image that is deemed child porn as well as websites that contain a link to such site.<ref name="YLE">{{cite web|title=Poliisi sensuroi suomalaisen internetsivuston|work=[[YLE]]|url=http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/24h/id82601.html|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-02-13|language=Finnish}}</ref><ref name="YLE-en">{{cite web|title=Police Censored a Finnish Website|work=[[YLE]]|url=http://www.yle.fi/news/left/id82610.html|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-02-17}}</ref> The Finnish law<ref name="Finlex">{{cite web|title=Hallituksen esitys Eduskunnalle laiksi lapsipornografian levittämisen estotoimista|work=Finlex|url=http://www.finlex.fi/fi/esitykset/he/2006/20060099|date=2006-07-21|accessdate=2008-02-19|language=Finnish}}</ref> allows the police to list sites that fulfill the two criteria of containing child pornographic material (defined as being images that depict children in sexual context) and that are hosted abroad. However, lapsiporno.info is hosted in Finland and does not contain any child pornographic material.<ref name="Digitoday2"/>


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EFFI has demanded NBI to explain why a website that only contained articles and a list of blocked addresses was censored. Leena Romppainen, member of the board of EFFI, stated that "if the site really had some illegal content, wouldn't the correct solution be to take the site down and take the site owner to the court? The site is located on a Finnish server and the name of the site owner appears visibly on the root page of the site." Most of the censored websites on Nikki's list are located either in the [[United States]] or in the [[European Union]], and Romppainen continued: "The local authorities have taken no action on these sites. Therefore, either the sites do not contain child pornography or the NBI has not informed the local authorities. Both of the alternatives are equally scary." Tero Tilus of EFFI stated that "some faceless official decides which sites the Finns may not see, and this decision cannot be appealed. Now he has apparently decided that net filtering may not be criticised."<ref>{{cite web|title=Sensuuria vastustava nettisivu poliisin suodatuslistalle|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|url=http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Lapsipornon+sensuuria+vastustava+nettisivu+poliisin+suodatuslistalle/1135234033991|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-02-13|language=Finnish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Effi: Finnish police censors a critic of censorship|work=[[Electronic Frontier Finland]]|url=http://www.effi.org/julkaisut/tiedotteet/lehdistotiedote-2008-02-12-en.html|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref>
Specifically, the law <ref name="Finlex">{{cite web | title= Hallituksen esitys Eduskunnalle laiksi lapsipornografian levittämisen estotoimista| work=[[Finlex]] | url=http://www.finlex.fi/fi/esitykset/he/2006/20060099 | date=2008-02-19 | accessdate=2008-02-19 | language=Finnish}}</ref> cited allows the police to list sites that fulfill the two criteria of containing child pornographic material (defined as being images that depict children in sexual context) and that is hosted abroad. The censored site does not fit either of the two requirements. Therefore the censoring of Nikki's site violates both the statute in question and both the Finnish Constitution and EU agreements which prohibit censorship and provide for freedom of expression.


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[[Jyrki Kasvi]], member of [[Finnish Parliament]], also questioned the legality of censoring lapsiporno.info, noting that according to Finnish law, only websites hosted outside Finland can be added to the filtering list, and reminded that the Minister of Transport and Communications, [[Susanna Huovinen]], who lobbied for the law, had emphasized openness and transparency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kasvi: miksi kotimainen sivu sensuroitiin? |work=Tietokone |url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32793&tyyppi=1 |date=2008-02-13 |accessdate=2008-02-13 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214075324/http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32793&tyyppi=1 |archivedate=2008-02-14 }}</ref> EFFI and Kasvi have also voiced concerns about attempts to expand the Internet censorship beyond child pornography, following propositions in the media to censor [[online gambling]] websites.<ref name="YLE"/><ref name="YLE-en"/>
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EFFI has demanded NBI to explain why a website that only contained articles and a list of blocked addresses was censored. Leena Romppainen, member of the board of EFFI, stated that "if the site really had some illegal content, wouldn't the correct solution be to take the site down and take the site owner to the court? The site is located on a Finnish server and the name of the site owner appears visibly on the root page of the site." Most of the censored websites on Nikki's list are located either in the [[United States]] or in the [[European Union]], and Romppainen continued: "The local authorities have taken no action on these sites. Therefore, either the sites do not contain child pornography or the NBI has not informed the local authorities. Both of the alternatives are equally scary." Tero Tilus of EFFI stated that "some faceless official decides which sites the Finns may not see, and this decision cannot be appealed. Now he has apparently decided that net filtering may not be criticised."<ref>{{cite web | title=Sensuuria vastustava nettisivu poliisin suodatuslistalle | work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] | url=http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Lapsipornon+sensuuria+vastustava+nettisivu+poliisin+suodatuslistalle/1135234033991 | date=2008-02-13 | accessdate=2008-02-13 | language=Finnish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Effi: Finnish police censors a critic of censorship | work=[[Electronic Frontier Finland]] | url=http://www.effi.org/julkaisut/tiedotteet/lehdistotiedote-2008-02-12-en.html | date=2008-02-13 | accessdate=2008-02-13}}</ref>

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[[Jyrki Kasvi]], member of [[Finnish Parliament]], also questioned the legality of censoring lapsiporno.info, noting that according to Finnish law, only websites hosted outside Finland can be added to the filtering list, and reminded that the Minister of Transport and Communications, [[Susanna Huovinen]], who lobbied for the law, had emphasized openness and transparency.<ref>{{cite web | title=Kasvi: miksi kotimainen sivu sensuroitiin? | work=Tietokone | url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32793&tyyppi=1 | date=2008-02-13 | accessdate=2008-02-13 | language=Finnish}}</ref> EFFI and Kasvi have also voiced concerns about attempts to expand the Internet censorship beyond child pornography, following propositions in the media to censor [[online gambling]] websites.<ref name="YLE"/><ref name="YLE-en"/>


Nikki believes that one of the reasons leading to his website being blacklisted was a function that he added to his address list, which simply turned a list of static text into clickable [[hyperlink|link]]s. He states that he had already known that the police are adding websites to the filtering list based on this, and said that he will not remove the link functionality, because there is nothing illegal about it.<ref name="Digitoday"/> On his website, Nikki has also reminded that the Internet filtering system was originally implemented despite [[University of Turku]]'s Faculty of Law's statement that the system would be against the [[Constitution of Finland]].
Nikki believes that one of the reasons leading to his website being blacklisted was a function that he added to his address list, which simply turned a list of static text into clickable [[hyperlink|link]]s. He states that he had already known that the police are adding websites to the filtering list based on this, and said that he will not remove the link functionality, because there is nothing illegal about it.<ref name="Digitoday"/> On his website, Nikki has also reminded that the Internet filtering system was originally implemented despite [[University of Turku]]'s Faculty of Law's statement that the system would be against the [[Constitution of Finland]].


The content of lapsiporno.info was quickly mirrored to other servers, and Nikki has helped this copying by releasing the website content under the [[Creative Commons]] license [[Share-alike|CC-by-nc-sa]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Poliisi ei kommentoi Nikin sivuja | work=Tietokone | url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32790&tyyppi=1 | date=2008-02-13 | accessdate=2008-02-13 | language=Finnish}}</ref> On [[February 14]], computer magazine ''Tietokone'' reported on its website that NBI's actions had caused several complaints to the [[Parliamentary Ombudsman]] as well as to the Office of the [[Chancellor of Justice of Finland|Chancellor of Justice]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Poliisin nettisensuurista tulvii kanteluita viranomaisille | work=Tietokone | url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32809&tyyppi=1 | date=2008-02-14 | accessdate=2008-02-14 | language=Finnish}}</ref> Nikki will face questioning by the police. He is suspected of aiding in distribution of a picture offending sexual morality.<ref>{{cite web | title=Nikki joutuu kuulusteluun rikoksesta epäiltynä | work=Tietokone | url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32831&tyyppi=1 | date=2008-02-15 | accessdate=2008-02-17 | language=Finnish}}</ref>
The content of lapsiporno.info was quickly mirrored to other servers, and Nikki has helped this copying by releasing the website content under the [[Creative Commons]] license [[Share-alike|CC-by-nc-sa]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Poliisi ei kommentoi Nikin sivuja |work=Tietokone |url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32790&tyyppi=1 |date=2008-02-13 |accessdate=2008-02-13 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214082016/http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32790&tyyppi=1 |archivedate=2008-02-14 }}</ref> On February 14, computer magazine ''Tietokone'' reported on its website that NBI's actions had caused several complaints to the [[Parliamentary Ombudsman]] as well as to the Office of the [[Chancellor of Justice of Finland|Chancellor of Justice]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Poliisin nettisensuurista tulvii kanteluita viranomaisille |work=Tietokone |url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32809&tyyppi=1 |date=2008-02-14 |accessdate=2008-02-14 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215111449/http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32809&tyyppi=1 |archivedate=2008-02-15 }}</ref> Nikki was questioned by the police, suspected of aiding in distribution of a picture offending sexual morality.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nikki joutuu kuulusteluun rikoksesta epäiltynä |work=Tietokone |url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32831&tyyppi=1 |date=2008-02-15 |accessdate=2008-02-17 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219004056/http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=32831&tyyppi=1 |archivedate=2008-02-19 }}</ref> These charges were later dropped,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=37080 |title=Nikin sensuroidut sivut vapautettiin syytteistä |work=Tietokone |date=2009-03-10 |accessdate=2009-06-14 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625192134/http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=37080 |archivedate=2009-06-25 }}</ref> but the site still remains censored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=37986|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526004923/http://www.tietokone.fi/uutta/uutinen.asp?news_id=37986|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-05-26|title=Nikki pysyy sensuurilistalla – valitus hylättiin|work=Tietokone|date=2009-05-25|accessdate=2009-06-14|language=Finnish}}</ref>


By [[February 19]], a group of Finns had gone through Nikki's list of 1047 censored websites and published their research, according to which nine of the sites contained child pornography, nine were unrelated to pornography, 28 had content hard to categorize as legal or illegal, 46 were (legal) [[child modeling]] sites and 879 contained only legal pornography.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lapsipornosuodatin: suodattaa kaikkea muuta paitsi lapsipornoa | work=eDome | url=http://plaza.fi/edome/uutiset/lapsipornosuodatin-suodattaa-kaikkea-muuta-paitsi-lapsipornoa | date=2008-02-19 | accessdate=2008-02-19 | language=Finnish}}</ref>
By February 19, a group of Finns had gone through Nikki's list of 1047 censored websites and published their research, according to which nine of the sites contained child pornography, nine were unrelated to pornography, 28 had content hard to categorize as legal or illegal, 46 were (legal) [[Child modeling (erotic)|child modeling]] sites and 879 contained only legal pornography.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lapsipornosuodatin: suodattaa kaikkea muuta paitsi lapsipornoa |work=eDome |url=http://plaza.fi/edome/uutiset/lapsipornosuodatin-suodattaa-kaikkea-muuta-paitsi-lapsipornoa |date=2008-02-19 |accessdate=2008-02-19 |language=Finnish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221084225/http://plaza.fi/edome/uutiset/lapsipornosuodatin-suodattaa-kaikkea-muuta-paitsi-lapsipornoa |archivedate=February 21, 2008 }}</ref>


In May 2011, three years after Nikki's site was blacklisted, the administrative court of Helsinki ruled in favor of Nikki against blacklisting his website. According to the court, the law could only be used to block access to foreign websites. Both Nikki and NBI said they were deliberating on filing an appeal to the [[Supreme Administrative Court of Finland|Supreme Administrative Court]]. Nikki was dissatisfied with the court's decision to not cover his legal fees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Krp+h%C3%A4visi+kolme+vuotta+kest%C3%A4neen+kiistan+nettiaktivistia+vastaan/1135266359817|title=Krp hävisi kolme vuotta kestäneen kiistan nettiaktivistia vastaan|date=23 May 2011|work=HS.fi|publisher=Sanoma|language=Finnish|accessdate=23 May 2011}}</ref>
==Status of lapsiporno.info with Finnish Internet service providers==

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On August 26, 2013, the Supreme Administrative Court overruled the previous decision, allowing the site to be blacklisted again.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.finlex.fi/fi/oikeus/kho/vuosikirjat/2013/201302623|title = 26.8.2013/2623 KHO:2013:136|date = 26 August 2013|accessdate = 1 December 2014|website = Finlex|publisher = Edita Publishing Oy|last = |first = }}</ref> Nikki briefly considered appealing to the [[European Court of Human Rights]].
!Service provider
<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://aulaporn.com/bestpornsites/realitykings/|title = Realitykings Review|accessdate = 5 March 2021|website = aulaporn.com}}</ref>
!Status
!Notes
|-
|[[24 Online]]
|{{free|Not censored}}
|24 Online's CEO has stated that it is not their job to limit their customers' use of the Internet.<ref name="HS">{{cite web | title=Osa operaattoreista päästää kielletyille verkkosivuille | work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] | url=http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Osa+operaattoreista+p%C3%A4%C3%A4st%C3%A4%C3%A4+kielletyille+verkkosivuille/1135234066254 | date=2008-02-14 | accessdate=2008-02-14 | language=Finnish}}</ref>
|-
|[[DNA Finland|DNA]]
|{{no|Censored}}
|
|-
|[[Elisa Oyj|Elisa]]
|{{no|Censored}}
|
|-
|[[FUNET]]
|{{free|Not censored}}
|
|-
|[[Kymen Puhelin]]
|{{no|Censored}}
|
|-
|[[Mikkelin Puhelin]]
|{{no|Censored}}
|
|-
|Netplaza
|{{free|Not censored}}
|
|-
|[[Netsonic]]
|{{free|Not censored}}
|
|-
|Nebula
|{{free|Not censored}}
|
|-
|[[Saunalahti]]
|style="background:#ffdddd;"|Censored in some regions
| Saunalahti is owned by Elisa.
|-
|[[TeliaSonera]]
|style="background:#ffdddd;"|Will be censored
|Sonera have stated that they will begin filtering in March 2008.<ref name="HS"/>
|-
|[[TNNet]]
|{{free|Not censored}}
|The website was censored at some point but currently the ISP is free of censorship.
|-
|Vaasan Läänin Puhelin
|{{no|Censored}}
|
|-
|[[Welho]]
|{{no|Censored}}
|
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Human rights in Finland]]
*[[Human rights in Finland]]
*[[Censorship in Finland]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist|2}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.lapsiporno.info/ Lapsiporno.info]
*[http://www.lapsiporno.info Lapsiporno.info]
**[http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/mjrauhal/lapsiporno.info/ Mirror]
**[http://www.helsinki.fi/%7Emjrauhal/lapsiporno.info Mirror]
**[http://je.org/id/internet/sensuuri/1202828335132704.html List of mirrors]
**[http://je.org/id/internet/sensuuri/1202828335132704.html List of mirrors]
**[http://www.lapsiporno.info/english-2008-02-15.html Lapsiporno.info and the Finnish Internet censorship]
**[http://www.lapsiporno.info/english-2008-02-15.html Lapsiporno.info and the Finnish Internet censorship]
*[http://maraz.kapsi.fi/sisalto.html Suodatuslista sisällön kera - analysis of the filtering list]
*[http://maraz.kapsi.fi/sisalto.html Suodatuslista sisällön kera - analysis of the filtering list]
*[http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number3.18/censorshipFinland EDRi: ''Finnish ISPs must voluntarily block access'']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080203043306/http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number3.18/censorshipFinland EDRi: ''Finnish ISPs must voluntarily block access'']
*[http://www.effi.org/blog/kai-2008-02-18.html EFFI: Finnish Internet censorship]
*[http://www.effi.org/blog/kai-2008-02-18.html EFFI: Finnish Internet censorship]
*[http://www.wikileaks.com/wiki/797_domains_on_Finnish_Internet_censorship_list%2C_including_censorship_critic%2C_2008 Wikileaks: 797 domains on Finnish Internet censorship list, including censorship critic, 2008]
*[http://www.finlex.fi/sv/laki/ajantasa/2006/20061068 The Finnish law on filtering child pornography] (in Swedish), Finlex
*[http://www.eduskunta.fi/valtiopaivaasiat/he+99/2006 The proposition and related documents] (in Finnish), [[Parliament of Finland]]


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Lapsiporno.info ("child porn info") is a Finnish website opposed to Internet censorship. The website was founded and is maintained by software developer, researcher and Internet activist Matti Nikki, who previously attracted international attention by analyzing Sony BMG's digital rights management rootkit that the company's products automatically installed on users' computers.[1] The website focuses on the internet censorship in Finland, its effectiveness, and the issues and problems related to it.

By December 2007, following changes in Finnish legislation, Keskusrikospoliisi, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), had compiled a secret blacklist of websites that it deemed to contain child pornography and sent it to Finnish Internet service providers. Although the filtering is optional, Viestintäministeriö, the Ministry of Communications, has threatened to make it mandatory should service providers not implement it voluntarily. Nikki then wrote a program that scanned through adult websites to find out how the list works. By January 7, 2008, he had scanned through 100,000 websites and wrote on lapsiporno.info that of the 785 censored sites the large majority contained in fact legal pornography.[2]

To prove his claims, Nikki published the results of his research on his website, including a list of the blocked addresses he found. Analyzing the address list, Nikki also noted that the first three Google search results for "gay porn" are censored. Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFI) have noticed that the blacklist includes non-pornographic websites also, including a Windows advice forum, a computer repair service and the Internet Initiative Japan server nn.iij4u.or.jp that, among others, hosts websites for a violin factory, a doll store and a hearing aid manufacturer.[1][3]

Censored by the Finnish police

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On February 12, 2008, after customers of the Finnish ISP Elisa could not access the website, it was found that NBI had added lapsiporno.info to their filtering list.[4] The police have refused to comment on which websites are censored and why, but chief inspector Lars Henriksson of the NBI stated that the list includes websites that contain at least one image that is deemed child porn as well as websites that contain a link to such site.[5][6] The Finnish law[7] allows the police to list sites that fulfill the two criteria of containing child pornographic material (defined as being images that depict children in sexual context) and that are hosted abroad. However, lapsiporno.info is hosted in Finland and does not contain any child pornographic material.[3]

EFFI has demanded NBI to explain why a website that only contained articles and a list of blocked addresses was censored. Leena Romppainen, member of the board of EFFI, stated that "if the site really had some illegal content, wouldn't the correct solution be to take the site down and take the site owner to the court? The site is located on a Finnish server and the name of the site owner appears visibly on the root page of the site." Most of the censored websites on Nikki's list are located either in the United States or in the European Union, and Romppainen continued: "The local authorities have taken no action on these sites. Therefore, either the sites do not contain child pornography or the NBI has not informed the local authorities. Both of the alternatives are equally scary." Tero Tilus of EFFI stated that "some faceless official decides which sites the Finns may not see, and this decision cannot be appealed. Now he has apparently decided that net filtering may not be criticised."[8][9]

Jyrki Kasvi, member of Finnish Parliament, also questioned the legality of censoring lapsiporno.info, noting that according to Finnish law, only websites hosted outside Finland can be added to the filtering list, and reminded that the Minister of Transport and Communications, Susanna Huovinen, who lobbied for the law, had emphasized openness and transparency.[10] EFFI and Kasvi have also voiced concerns about attempts to expand the Internet censorship beyond child pornography, following propositions in the media to censor online gambling websites.[5][6]

Nikki believes that one of the reasons leading to his website being blacklisted was a function that he added to his address list, which simply turned a list of static text into clickable links. He states that he had already known that the police are adding websites to the filtering list based on this, and said that he will not remove the link functionality, because there is nothing illegal about it.[4] On his website, Nikki has also reminded that the Internet filtering system was originally implemented despite University of Turku's Faculty of Law's statement that the system would be against the Constitution of Finland.

The content of lapsiporno.info was quickly mirrored to other servers, and Nikki has helped this copying by releasing the website content under the Creative Commons license CC-by-nc-sa.[11] On February 14, computer magazine Tietokone reported on its website that NBI's actions had caused several complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman as well as to the Office of the Chancellor of Justice.[12] Nikki was questioned by the police, suspected of aiding in distribution of a picture offending sexual morality.[13] These charges were later dropped,[14] but the site still remains censored.[15]

By February 19, a group of Finns had gone through Nikki's list of 1047 censored websites and published their research, according to which nine of the sites contained child pornography, nine were unrelated to pornography, 28 had content hard to categorize as legal or illegal, 46 were (legal) child modeling sites and 879 contained only legal pornography.[16]

In May 2011, three years after Nikki's site was blacklisted, the administrative court of Helsinki ruled in favor of Nikki against blacklisting his website. According to the court, the law could only be used to block access to foreign websites. Both Nikki and NBI said they were deliberating on filing an appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court. Nikki was dissatisfied with the court's decision to not cover his legal fees.[17]

On August 26, 2013, the Supreme Administrative Court overruled the previous decision, allowing the site to be blacklisted again.[18] Nikki briefly considered appealing to the European Court of Human Rights. [19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Finland censors anti-censorship site". The Register. 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  2. ^ "Lapsipornolistat ovat tehottomia ja laittomia". Digitoday (in Finnish). 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  3. ^ a b "Effi kantelee poliisin nettisensuurista oikeuskanslerille". Digitoday (in Finnish). 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  4. ^ a b "Poliisi sensuroi lapsiporno.infon". Digitoday (in Finnish). 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  5. ^ a b "Poliisi sensuroi suomalaisen internetsivuston". YLE (in Finnish). 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  6. ^ a b "Police Censored a Finnish Website". YLE. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  7. ^ "Hallituksen esitys Eduskunnalle laiksi lapsipornografian levittämisen estotoimista". Finlex (in Finnish). 2006-07-21. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  8. ^ "Sensuuria vastustava nettisivu poliisin suodatuslistalle". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  9. ^ "Effi: Finnish police censors a critic of censorship". Electronic Frontier Finland. 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  10. ^ "Kasvi: miksi kotimainen sivu sensuroitiin?". Tietokone (in Finnish). 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  11. ^ "Poliisi ei kommentoi Nikin sivuja". Tietokone (in Finnish). 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  12. ^ "Poliisin nettisensuurista tulvii kanteluita viranomaisille". Tietokone (in Finnish). 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  13. ^ "Nikki joutuu kuulusteluun rikoksesta epäiltynä". Tietokone (in Finnish). 2008-02-15. Archived from the original on 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  14. ^ "Nikin sensuroidut sivut vapautettiin syytteistä". Tietokone (in Finnish). 2009-03-10. Archived from the original on 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  15. ^ "Nikki pysyy sensuurilistalla – valitus hylättiin". Tietokone (in Finnish). 2009-05-25. Archived from the original on 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  16. ^ "Lapsipornosuodatin: suodattaa kaikkea muuta paitsi lapsipornoa". eDome (in Finnish). 2008-02-19. Archived from the original on February 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  17. ^ "Krp hävisi kolme vuotta kestäneen kiistan nettiaktivistia vastaan". HS.fi (in Finnish). Sanoma. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  18. ^ "26.8.2013/2623 KHO:2013:136". Finlex. Edita Publishing Oy. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  19. ^ "Realitykings Review". aulaporn.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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