London Police Ink Shadowy Deal With Industry On Website Takedowns (eff.org)

AmiMoJo writes: The EFF is warning about unregulated activity against websites by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) of the City of London Police. A program called RogueBlock accepts notifications from IP holders, which the PIPCU then acts on, giving private companies legal jurisdiction over the entire internet, with appeals in the case of malicious reports and mistakes being extremely difficult to make. For example, Spanish sports streaming site Rojadirecta had its domain name seized by the U.S. government for over a year, despite the site being lawful in its native Spain. The EFF terms this kind of activity "Shadow Regulation."

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Rogue police

[Wowsers]

Just an FYI, the City Of London police are rogue, they are not real police, they are above any other UK law, they are not regulated by anyone like all other UK police forces are. In short, they do what the hell they like. They should never have been allowed to start, let alone be outside the control of / accountable to the public. They also seem to protect The City's worldwide money laundering.