[TelecomPaper] Assembly votes to allow courts to block anti-consumer sites

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The French national assembly […] approved an article allowing fraud prevention authority DGCCRF to seek a judge’s approval to require ISPs to block a website which breaks consumer protection law. […] Internet users’ association Quadrature du Net deplored that too many deputies still fail to understand the « great dangers » involved with website blocking, despite strong criticisms of web filtering.

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/assembly-votes-to-allow-courts-to-block-anti-consumer-sites