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Propaganda: Site blocking in EU will be simpler, no court required
  • European Parliament passed the Consumer Protection Cooperation regulation. Unfortunately, it contains an overreaching general website blocking provision.

    According to the new rules, national consumer protection authorities can order any unspecified third party to block access to websites without requiring judicial authorisation.

    This forces internet access providers to create a website blocking infrastructure, which risks being abused later on for any number of other purposes, including censorship. To give a recent example, independence-related websites were blocked in Catalunya just weeks ago. These actions could only be taken so quickly because website blocking infrastructure had previously been put in place for other purposes, such as barring access to sites involving copyright infringement.

    http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/commissions/imco/inag/2017/07-11/IMCO_AG(2017)608048_EN.pdf

    Capitalists improve their instruments, of course it'll be under terrorists and consumer protection brands.