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When a company blocks a page in the US due to a US court order: they're a respectable, law-abiding company. When a company blocks a page in another country due
by discardorama 12y ago
When a company blocks a page in the US due to a US court order: they're a respectable, law-abiding company.
When a company blocks a page in another country due to that country's court order: censorship! Where's the freedom of speech?!?!
I am an American, but: if my fellow Americans want to see censorship in play, take a look at the fight Al Jazeera had to get into cable networks (especially in the days after 9/11). And they had to start a subsidiary, Al Jazeera America, to get around some hurdles.
- vowelless 12y ago> When a company blocks a page in the US due to a US court order: they're a respectable, law-abiding company. Forgive my naivete. Is there precedence for this? Are there pages blocked in the US due to US court orders (and available elsewhere in the world)?
- nitrogen 12y agoSee ICE's "Operation In Our Sites" and related domain seizures. See also: DMCA and ContentID abuse.
- dublinben 12y agoAs egregious as those are, none are an example of a site being blocked after a court order.
- discardorama 12y agoWell, to be honest, they were blocked even without a court order...