Is overblocking defamatory?

[ewx]

If a user of an ISP tries to visit a website controlled by an identifiable legal person, which does not contain any pornography, but the ISP instead serves them a block page informing them that the website does contain pornography, has the person controlling the website been libeled by the ISP? (All three parties located in the UK.)

(If you think Cameron's latest wheeze won't lead to overblocking then you haven't been paying attention to the existing implementations.)

Comments

[gerald_duck]

What are they planning to do about https, I wonder?

As ever, I wonder if the government has even the slightest inkling of how technology works.

Also, as ever, I wonder what Julian has to say.

[geekette8.livejournal.com]

I don't think you have to wonder much on your first or second questions.

On your third: "There is a single entendre, but I don't know about a triple one." Oh - different Julian :-)

[gerald_duck]

Next preposterously tricky issue I bet they've barely considered: what about wireless hotspots? Who chooses whether or not those filter porn?

What about BT Fon? Does BT even have the technology to apply different filters to someone's own internet connection and the Fon service provided via their broadband?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Given the conceptually appalling approach existing filters take to TLS, I really hope the answer involves heads in sands.

[armb.livejournal.com]

"Here, accept this root CA certificate so we can intercept your traffic and send it to the NSA. Because otherwise the terrorists and child pornographers have won."