So what exactly happened that allowed the Government to seize over 70 websites? The answer is The Department of Homeland Security executed warrants issued by a judge. A spokesperson said outright; these acts by the DHS were “executed court-ordered seizure warrants against a number of domain names.” So COICA or the well known DMCA are completely out of the picture.
There are no definitive website seizure numbers as of yet but most news agencies reporting on this story, estimate the number to be around 77 and may possibly go up as time goes by.
The Department of Homeland Security, DHS for short, has been very busy taking websites down directly from ICANN based on little more than complaints that were arbitrarily filed against these sites. Read More…
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