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Status code for censorship?

From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 22:05:39 -0700
Message-ID: <CAHBU6iuzYBHYewxk_N=-_iu-f6TcON9CvcdyWTm-HeRNGCZXbA@mail.gmail.com>
To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org

Check out
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06/09/1927246/an-http-status-code-for-censorship

The thinking about returning 403 when you’re forbidden to follow a link
seems sound to me.  This idea is superficially appealing; is it deeply
broken in some way that’s not obvious?  -Tim

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