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Sweden's Plans for Censorship

The online casino gambling industry news is alight with the possibility that the Swedish government is going to take a page out of the Australian government’s proposed regulations and censor internet sites in the country as a way to effectively block foreign internet gambling sites from the market. Foreign online casinos are outraged that Sweden would pass such blatantly protectionist regulations and legislation in the midst of the European Commission’s attempts to convince Swedish officials to open the gambling market. Outside of the internet gambling industry rights activists fear that this is the first step in limiting civil liberties of Swedish citizens.

As for the Swedish citizens, they are currently able to access foreign online casinos at will despite the fact that the government operates a state gambling monopoly. Land gambling and betting only goes through the state monopoly but the state government has not actually implemented methods to keep the foreign online casino gambling companies from accessing the Swedish market through the internet. In the current economy though, it seems as though the Swedish government is looking for ways to protect its gambling interests and the large amount of money that is funneled into the government’s coffers from the state-run monopoly.

Criticism is high on the government-commissioned land and online casino gambling report that proposed IP censorship and blocking technology as a way to keep Swedish gamblers from using the foreign gaming sites. There is actually very little support for the proposal outside of the government and Sweden officials could face some serious backlashes if the proposal goes any further.