EFF to Japan: Reject Website Blocking

guest · Jul 16, 2018

EFF to Japan: Reject Website Blocking
July 13, 2018
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/07/eff-japan-reject-website-blocking

The latest country to consider a website blocking proposal is Japan, and EFF has responded to the call for comment by sharing all the reasons that cutting off websites is a terrible solution for copyright violations.

In response to infringement of copyrighted material, specifically citing a concern for manga, the government of Japan began work on a proposal that would make certain websites inaccessible in Japan. We’ve seen proposals like this before, most recently in the European Union’s Article 13.

EFF also shared the research leading Internet engineers did in response to a potential U.S. law that would have enabled website blocking. They said that website blocking would lead to network errors and security problems.

Quite simply, website blocking doesn’t work, violates the right to free expression, and breaks the Internet. Japan shouldn’t go down this path but look to proven alternatives.
Click to expand...

mirimir · Jul 16, 2018

Well, that's what VPNs and Tor are for, so hey.

Log in or Sign up

EFF to Japan: Reject Website Blocking

guest Guest

mirimir Registered Member

Log in or Sign up

EFF to Japan: Reject Website Blocking

guest Guest

mirimir Registered Member

Useful Searches