UK May Kill the EU's Net Neutrality Law 341
An anonymous reader writes "The U.K. government is planning on vetoing the E.U. legislation that enforces net neutrality under the guise of 'won't anyone think of the child pornography blocking?' again. From the article: ' It’s a surprising turn of events. Just last month, the European Parliament voted to place the principles of net neutrality into law. However, before it becomes law throughout Europe, each member country must also pass the legislation. On Thursday, the British government indicated it may veto it instead. At issue is a new provision that critics argue would restrict the British government’s “ability to block illegal material.” The amendment made it so that only a court order would allow for the banning of content, and not a legislative provision, as originally proposed, according to RT. “We do not support any proposals that mean we cannot enforce our laws, including blocking child abuse images,” a government spokesperson told BuzzFeed.'"
Good (Score:5, Funny)
We don't need net neutrality laws in the UK. We have real competition, everyone has the choice of hundreds of different ISPs.
Re:Poms are weak arseholes (Score:2, Funny)
They are a nation of shopkeepers.
Rather that, than a nation of shoplifters...