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by infinity 4090 days ago
The german newspaper FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) claims that there is an inititiative to block cat images from the web due to excessive bandwidth consumption (article in german):

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/die-digital-d...

The other content to be blocked are 'theses concerning the future of journalism' ...

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There's a campaign to keep California restaurants from bringing out water to drink because of excessive consumption.

Not April Fools though :-/