Re: backbones filtering unsanctioned sites

[Sadiq Saif <lists () sadiqs com>]

On 2017-02-14 08:27, Jared Mauch wrote:
> So risk avoidance on the part of the 100k other sites hosted by CF is now a conspiracy? 
>
> I'm surprised it took this many years for something like this to happen. Wonder which LE in which country... 
>
> Either way seems nothing too suspicious is going on here. 
>
> Jared Mauch


Looks like it was a court order issued recently in Spain.

"Cogent CEO Dave Schaeffer yesterday confirmed to Ars that the company
is complying with a court order issued recently in Spain."

TPB was not actually the target, it was collateral.

"But The Pirate Bay was not the subject of the court order, Schaeffer
also confirmed."

> From -
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/a-court-order-blocked-pirate-sites-that-werent-supposed-to-be-blocked/

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