Posts Tagged ‘ISP’
May 10th, 2012
Notorious hacking group Anonymous
targeted Virgin Media yesterday, to protest the blocking of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. The attack forced the internet service provider to take its website
offline for one hour. Around the time of the attack, a Twitter account which has been linked to the group read:
Virgin Media began preventing access to the site after a ruling from the High Court
last month. Tweets from other accounts also suggested that TalkTalk had been targeted by Anonymous, though this has not been confirmed.
April 30th, 2012
The
UK High Court has ruled that file-sharing website The Pirate Bay must be
blocked by internet service providers. The Swedish site, which provides links to download free music and video, which critics claim are are mostly pirated, will be blocked by Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media. BT requested “a few more weeks” to consider their position on blocking the site. The same group of ISP’s were asked by the British Phonographic Industry to voluntarily block access to the site in 2011, but they refused to do so, unless a court order was made.
March 24th, 2011
Two of the UK’s largest internet service providers BT and TalkTalk
challenged the legality of the Digital Economy Act 2010 in the High Court yesterday. Antony White QC, acting for the firms, claimed that the new legislation is flawed and incompatible with EU law. It would unlawfully “impact on the privacy and free expression rights” of consumers, he said. The Act
was passed by the previous government during last year’s “wash-up” period. BT and TalkTalk
won the right to judicial review in November 2010.
November 17th, 2010
The ease with which the police closed down the activist site is worrying, says Val Swain
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February 8th, 2010
Web users will be forced to show their
passports or other ID before using Belaruse’s internet cafes from July 1. President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s decree also requires ISPs to store data on individuals’ web usage for a year and to hand that information over to law enforcement agencies upon request.
Lutz Guellner, spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, condemned the decree for further restricting free expression in Belarus.
April 27th, 2009
Advertising software company Phorm’s legality is being questioned by the European Commission. Bill Thompson explains. (more…)
