BT and Talk Talk have today lost an appeal against the Digital Economy Act 2010, which would force ISP's to monitor customer usage, and introduce a graduated response scheme that could eventually lead to users getting cut off.
This bill represents a massive intrusion into user privacy, as well as a huge cost to ISP's who would be forced to implement the bill. Net neutrality is one of the great vestiges of freedom we have in our society, it's just another thing for the government to infringe upon.
BT and Talk Talk lose file-sharing appeal
Another very real concern is what this means for universities and libraries, which provide internet access to their students and members. This bill seems to hold these institutions responsible for what users do, a foolish form of collective punishment.
This bill represents a massive intrusion into user privacy, as well as a huge cost to ISP's who would be forced to implement the bill. Net neutrality is one of the great vestiges of freedom we have in our society, it's just another thing for the government to infringe upon.
BT and Talk Talk lose file-sharing appeal
Another very real concern is what this means for universities and libraries, which provide internet access to their students and members. This bill seems to hold these institutions responsible for what users do, a foolish form of collective punishment.
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