Zensursula (2009)

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Ursula von der Leyen (a.k.a Zensursula) is the current German Minister for Family Affairs, who’s been under the media spotlight for her strong advocacy of internet censorship laws against child pornography and other contents deemed as “inappropriate” by the federal government.

If passed, such legislation would require internet providers to post “stop” signs when internet users try to access child pornography sites. But the critics argue this will not actually help fighting child pornography, since such materials are rarely traded on open websites, but via peer-to-peer protocols or via the nntp protocol (usenet) and that it could set a dangerous example and lead to other kinds of “harmful” information being censored.

Her conservative politics and controversial policies (ex: 2008 motion to blacklist the atheist children’s book) brought her the nickname “Zensursula,” a portmanteau word blending the German word for censorship (“Zensur”) and Mrs von der Leyen’s given name (“Ursula”).

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Zensursula, the original song and video on YouTube


Protest against Zensursula in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (6/20/2009)

Update

On June 20th, 2009, German Anonymous rallied against Internet Censorship in Hamburg.

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Max nunyobisnis
Jun 28, 2009 at 01:31PM MDT , Max nunyobisnis wrote:

I’m afraid I have no idea what this meme is. What is Zensursula? Who is that woman in all of these pictures? Please explain.

Desmonard
Jun 28, 2009 at 03:14PM MDT , Desmonard wrote:

This one’s too specific.

ReGgAeToNe
Jun 28, 2009 at 03:30PM MDT , ReGgAeToNe wrote:

like already mentioned, this is from Germany, how said, it actually was ment to block cp sites in the internet, now they want to block more and more sites, such as egoshooter pages (Because of the recent Spreekillers they want to forbid ego shooters in germany). Like it had to happen, on youtube appeared a video to this, called “Zensursula”. it contains the Name Ursula and the German word for Censorship, it also is a song, like here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4vbdusj7Pk

It spread pretty fast over the German Community, but i don’t think that other countries know much about this.

And “Stasi” means Staats Sicherheit, which was a Security Police from the second WW in Germany, which was founded to stop riots from the roots i guess..

I’m Swiss so i’m not sure if everything i wrote is actually right in English, i hope this helps you guys..

And yes, that Woman is Ursula, she wants the Censorship.

Captain Blubber
Jun 29, 2009 at 07:59AM MDT , Captain Blubber wrote:

Slappin’ on a researchin’ sticker. Memes from Germany don’t come in all that much.

Brad Kim
Jun 29, 2009 at 12:02PM MDT , Brad Kim wrote:

hm. seems like it’s fresh out the kitchen? cleaned up & added youtube videos.

Mae
Aug 06, 2009 at 10:03PM MDT , Mae wrote:

I remember seeing the “stop” stickers on Second Life ages ago. Internet ages, of course, so I mean 2 or 3 years.

Mr.Meme
Sep 09, 2009 at 06:11PM MDT , Mr.Meme wrote:

Actually Stasi was from when Germany was divided into East and West Germany. They were the Ministry For State Security and they spied on their citizens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi

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