UK Police To Get Major New Powers To Seize Domains

Stoobalou writes "British Police forces could soon have the power to seize any domain associated with criminal activity, under new proposals published today by UK domain registrar Nominet. At present, Nominet has no clear legal obligation to ensure that .uk domains are not used for criminal activities. That situation may soon change, if proposals from the Serious and Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) are accepted."

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Loserboy nerd, IT is vital knowledge in the modern world and anyone who wishes to do well in an IT-dominated era will endeavour to learn as much as they can. Knowledge is power, and the more power you have the less chances of being a victim there are. Anyone wishing to be a good cop will learn as much as possible in his or her field and IT is among the knowledge now required because a lot of evidence will be residing on computers. Police officers need to know how to deal with them, and they know to understand how the internet works. It's not that if you're not IT savvy you're a simpleton (it's relatively easy to be IT savvy, it's not aerospace engineering), it's that if you're ignorant in matters that shape your life everyday you're a simpleton. Dismissed, loserboy nerd. Shit on your own face, I can't be bothered.