The Lebanese Parliament Plans to Join The 21 century by Banning Skype

At a time when many countries are working on introducing G4 technology for fast and reliable telecommunications that is becoming increasingly video oriented Lebanon has the distinction of having one of the least sophisticated telecommunications infra structure in the world and the most expensive in the region, I might add.

The law passes

If the law passes and the government has its say then all VOIP will become effectively illegal and are to be banned including Skype. But that is not enough. The government is planning on giving itself a carte blanche to have access to all your internet communications and to have the right to confiscate hard drives and to sue those that are critical of the government and its feudal landlords. For an excellent discussion in Arabic go to tella.org a Lebanese blog.