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UK Police To Get Major New Powers To Seize Domains

Posted by samzenpus on from the mine-now-I-take-it dept.

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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  1. Just curious about the department name by Centurix · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can only assume there's a Mildly Worrying Organised Crime Agency?

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  2. Serious and Organized Crime Agency by Arancaytar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you need to own a fluffy cat and a monocle to join?

  3. Re:Just out of curiosity, by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your link is wrong, it doesn't even mention the .uk TLD.

    Yes, oddly enough, I looked long and hard for an article on British war crimes on mil.uk but couldn't find any...

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  4. Re:Dear police, by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure the Nigerian prince has diplomatic immunity. Besides, I'm getting 100,000,000,000,000 dollars in the mail soon.

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