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I (a layman) believe that part of the "global" scope of the law is to enable actions at home (and some pressure). If they want to order ISPs to block services
by arlcode 11mo ago
I (a layman) believe that part of the "global" scope of the law is to enable actions at home (and some pressure).
If they want to order ISPs to block services there needs to be some legal framework to do so. "We contacted them, they didn't respond, now we need to revert to blocking" sounds pretty convincing to me.
For your other argument I'll ask the question I ask anytime this comes up: How would you propose laws/regulations on online services are enforced if not (at least in principle) globally?
- iamnothere 11mo agoOrder local ISPs to block the site, forbid companies and/or individuals with local presence from doing business with the site, or I dunno, maybe require everyone in the country to install an MITM cert like some backwater autocracy. Not really my problem how you want to run your own country. No country should have the right to enforce laws globally.
- doublerabbit 11mo agoMost UK domestic ISP's are part of the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation) where your net passes through a transparent squid proxy. [0] As well as "family friendly filters" that block rouge sites via their own DNS. [0] https://www.blocked.org.uk/about https://www.blocked.org.uk/about And if you're a person of interest your connection is routes through GCHQ Cheltenham. So it wouldn't be to hard for Ofcom to apply a filter. If they did expect domestic ISPs will comply but hopefully independent ISPs won't.