[ NNSquad ] Governments already abusing website blocking facilities (surprise!)

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Governments already abusing website blocking facilities (surprise!)

http://j.mp/m1t7oU  (Delimiter)

     ASIC believed that the website in question was operating in breach of
     Australian law, specifically section 911a of the Corporations Act
     2001," Conroy's office said. "Under Section 313 of the
     Telecommunications Act, websites that breach Australian law can be
     blocked."  "Melbourne Free University's website was hosted at the same
     IP address as the fraud website, and was unintentionally blocked. Once
     ASIC were made aware of what had happened, they lifted the original
     blocking request. The government is working with enforcement agencies
     to ensure that Section 313 requests are properly targeted in future."

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Website blocking is a cancer.  It never stays in one place, but spreads
to the limits of politicos' imaginations.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
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