Digital Economy Act not in breach of EU laws, Court of Appeal rules: “A controversial law that forces internet service providers (ISPs) to help combat illegal file-sharing is lawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”…
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BT on site-blocking: Every case will need a court order: “ Pick on our freetards over our cold dead corpse BT’s head of retail Simon Milner came out swinging after the legal setback over web-blocking….
Bt plans to soak subscribers to police filesharing – The Inquirer: “BT plans to soak subscribers to police filesharing £25 each per year By Rosalie Marshall, Thursday, 24 September 2009, 14:27 PROPOSALS to suspend the…
BT abandons Phorm: “ Not looking good for ad tech BT has abandoned plans to roll out Phorm’s controversial web monitoring and profiling system across its broadband network, claiming it needs to concentrate resources on…
IWF denies wielding Pirate Bay banhammer: “ Mobile broadband users blockaded The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has denied involvement in blocking the Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker site, after BT mobile broadband users were told they…
(Via TorrentFreak.) Mobile Broadband Providers Block The Pirate Bay Starting today, BT Mobile Broadband users are disallowed access to the largest BitTorrent tracker on the Internet, instead they get a ‘content blocked’ message. This proactive…
BT blocks up to 40,000 child porn pages per day: “ Cleanfeed busy Between 35,000 and 40,000 attempts to access child pornography sites via BT Retail’s broadband network are blocked every day, it was revealed…
UK.gov to tap BT as data harvester: “ Small ISP customers to be monitored upstream The government will call on BT and other big communications firms to monitor small ISPs’ customers and keep private information…
BT silences customers over Phorm: “ Down banhammer BT has banned all future discussion of Phorm and its ‘WebWise’ targeted advertising product on its customer forums, and deleted all past threads about the controversy dating…
Phorm papers reveal BT’s backwards approach to wiretap law: “ Would you trust these men with your network security? Exclusive BT’s long-held claim that legal advice said its Phorm trials did not breach wiretapping laws…