Blocking Law

A law that restricts an individual's access to a website. A blocking law serves a number of functions. It may prevent the viewing of websites posting copyrighted material without authorization, or it may try to block pornography. Some countries, notably China, block websites thought to be subversive to the government.

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Such a statement, A4A added, would avoid any need to invoke blocking law agreed by the United States, which it can use to shelter US operators from compliance with the EU law.

Airlines face fines as deadline looms on EU ETS

The MMoU sets out specific requirements for the exchange of information, ensuring that no domestic banking secrecy, blocking law or regulation prevents the provision of enforcement information among securities regulators.

IOSCO: MMoU gains 100th signatory in fight against financial misconduct

and international airspace, the EU's announcement does not rule out future efforts to tax foreign carriers," said Senator John Thune, who has led the push for the blocking law in the U.

EU freezes airline carbon emissions tax

of a lower court's decision to throw out the blocking law.

High court to review Playboy law

Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said last month that the signing of a deal on the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) and IT company NCR Cyprus for the development of asoftwareprogrammefor Gesy, meant no more excuses for those blocking laws for the national health scheme.

Cabinet greenlights next step towards hospital autonomy

PROPOSALS to give English MPs a "decisive say" over legislation affecting English laws will be published next week, as the Conservatives push for a ban on Scottish representatives blocking laws which do not apply north of the border.

Threat to Wales' MPs' voting rights

But then, you may run afoul of, say, French blocking laws.

The global anti-corruption game is changing

discovery procedures by adopting blocking laws that prevent disclosure of privileged documents.

Second Circuit denies interlocutory appeal of discovery sanctions requiring foreign defendant to violate bank secrecy laws

In 1909 the Lords rejected the Liberal government's budget, which led - in 1911 - to peers being banned from blocking laws proposed by MPs in the House of Commons.

LABOUR TO AXE LORDS FOR A PEOPLE'S SENATE; EXCLUSIVE

Many people are starting to realize that this is information they don't know about their own food supply-and many have renewed their efforts to pressure Congress to stop blocking laws that would require country-of-origin labeling (known as COOL) for meats and produce.

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If legislators are considering filtering or blocking laws, they should be considering requiring filtering software to identify what it blocks.

America Is Online, and There's No Turning Back

When Lazare blames the Constitution for blocking laws to address drug use, street crime, the decay of our cities, and the deterioration of the environment, he is similarly off-base.