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Whack a Mole Game Continues as UK ISP Clamps Down on Pirate Proxies

3rd June, 2013 (13 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) appears to have become the first major UK ISP to extend its court ordered censorship of specific websites that facilitate internet piracy (e.g. The Pirate Bay) to include a wide range of proxy servers, which allows users to bypass such blocks without needing to use a VPN or other solution.

O2 UK Accused of Political Censorship by Male Human Rights Websites

28th May, 2013 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 UK has been accused of unfair “sexism and political censorship” after its mobile broadband platform was found to still be blocking over 100 websites that promote equality for men and or which have dedicated themselves to helping male victims of domestic violence and rape.

Big UK ISPs All Plan Network Level Adult Website Filtering

25th May, 2013 (30 Comments)

BT, Sky Broadband (BSkyB) and Virgin Media have all now confirmed that they plan to join TalkTalk (HomeSafe) in launching an automatic network level filtering service in the UK, which would block access to websites that contain “adult” content.

UPDATE Big UK ISPs Start Blocking the Movie2k and Download4All Sites

20th May, 2013 (7 Comments)

Internet providers BT, Sky Broadband and Virgin Media have confirmed that their broadband customers will shortly find themselves unable to access the Download4All and Movie2k websites after a court order issued in late April 2013 forced both to be censored over copyright infringement (piracy). More ISPs are set to follow.

UPD BPI Preparing to Ask Big UK ISPs to Block 25 More Internet Piracy Sites

15th May, 2013 (14 Comments)

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) appears to be preparing for another run of court orders after music licensing firm PPL revealed a new list of 25 website domains, which are all accused of facilitating copyright infringement (internet piracy), that the UK music body would like broadband ISPs to block.

UK Government Preps New Code for Blocking Adult Content on Public WiFi

24th April, 2013 (9 Comments)

The UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has confirmed that the government is preparing to detail a new Code of Conduct that will require operators of public wireless internet (wifi) hotspots to block adult content (e.g. pornography).

ISP Sky Broadband Unblocks Legal Website Caught in The Pirate Bay Net

22nd April, 2013 (0 Comments)

It took three weeks to get resolved but Sky Broadband UK (BSkyB) has now apologised to its customers after a seemingly legal website was mistakenly caught up in the ISPs censorship of the The Pirate Bay (internet piracy) website, which was blocked last year following a court order.

UPD Virgin Media and BT UK Begin Censorship of 3 Internet Piracy Websites

22nd March, 2013 (2 Comments)

BT, Virgin Media and other ISPs have officially started blocking their broadband customers from being able to access three websites – Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents – that were last month found by London’s High Court to be facilitating internet piracy (copyright infringement).

Musicmetric Data Claims ISP Blocking of Piracy Sites Has Limited Impact

1st March, 2013 (0 Comments)

Analyst firm Musicmetric has published new data to show that court ordered website blocks (censorship) imposed by broadband ISPs in the United Kingdom against internet piracy websites (e.g. The Pirate Bay) have had “little impact” on “illegal” BitTorrent based file sharing (P2P) activity.

NPD Group Report 17 Percent Fall in P2P Internet Music Piracy for 2012

28th February, 2013 (5 Comments)

Market research firm NPD Group has reported in its Annual Music Study 2012 that the number of broadband ISP internet users using peer-to-peer (P2P) based file sharing services to “illegally” download music declined by 17% in 2012 to 21 million people (down from a peak of 33m in 2005).

UPD2 BPI Use UK High Court to Force ISPs into Blocking 3 Internet Piracy Sites

19th February, 2013 (8 Comments)

As anticipated the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents much of the UK music industry, will today ask the High Court to force six of the country’s biggest broadband ISPs into blocking a further three websites that are accused of facilitating internet piracy (copyright infringement).

UPDATE Sky Broadband UK to Launch Network Level Adult Website Filter

5th February, 2013 (4 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has today confirmed that it plans to follow TalkTalk’s sometimes controversial HomeSafe solution by launching its own “whole-home” automatic network level filtering (censorship) service in the UK, which would block access to websites that contain adult content.

Safer Internet Day 2013 Preaches Online Rights and Responsibilities

5th February, 2013 (0 Comments)

Today is officially the 10th annual Safer Internet Day, which works to help educate web surfers and children from around the world about the dangers of internet use and how to stay safe online. This year’s theme is “online rights and responsibilities” and encouraging web users to “connect with respect“.

EU Could Force ISPs to Add a NO TERRORISTS Clause to their Contracts

30th January, 2013 (5 Comments)

Europe’s sometimes controversial Clean IT project, which aims to make the internet a safer place through new rules and regulations to restrict illegal content and access, has published its final recommendations for tackling terrorism online. But some of the ideas aren’t particularly worldly.

Controversial UK Communications Bill White Paper Expected Later in 2013

24th January, 2013 (1 Comment)

The UK governments much delayed Communications Bill, which seeks to update and expand upon Ofcom’s ability to regulate the internet, telecoms, media sectors and could also introduce new online censorship measures (e.g. enforced parental controls and piracy website blocking), is now expected to publish its first White Paper “later this year“.

UPD Virgin Mobile and Orange UK Ignore Wrongful Block of Online Gift Shop

4th January, 2013 (2 Comments)

The Open Rights Group (ORG) has accused Virgin Media’s mobile division (Virgin Mobile) and Orange UK (EE) of wrongfully blocking access to an online store for engraved gifts (Forever & Eternity) and then, in Virgin Mobile’s case, ignoring the owners requests to have the blanket internet censorship measure lifted.

Pirate Party UK Agree to Remove Internet Proxy for The Pirate Bay

19th December, 2012 (3 Comments)

The minor political Pirate Party has agreed to shut down an internet proxy service that allowed access to the banned Pirate Bay (TPB) website via its servers, which follows recent legal pressure from the UK music industry (British Phonographic Industry).