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When a company blocks a page in the US due to a US court order: they're a respectable, law-abiding company.

When a company blocks a page in another country due to that country's court order: censorship! Where's the freedom of speech?!?!

I am an American, but: if my fellow Americans want to see censorship in play, take a look at the fight Al Jazeera had to get into cable networks (especially in the days after 9/11). And they had to start a subsidiary, Al Jazeera America, to get around some hurdles.



> When a company blocks a page in the US due to a US court order: they're a respectable, law-abiding company.

Forgive my naivete. Is there precedence for this? Are there pages blocked in the US due to US court orders (and available elsewhere in the world)?


See ICE's "Operation In Our Sites" and related domain seizures. See also: DMCA and ContentID abuse.


As egregious as those are, none are an example of a site being blocked after a court order.


Well, to be honest, they were blocked even without a court order...




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