ISPs may have to remove suppression order data

InternetNZ has questioned a recommendation by the Law Commission that internet providers should stop customers accessing information that breaches court suppression orders.

InternetNZ deputy executive director Jordan Carter says it would be less of a concern if the commission was proposing that website-hosting companies should remove illegal information from customer sites, but quite a different thing if ISPs were asked to censor content on the internet wherever it might be. “That is not something we would ever support.” Read more at www.stuff.co.nz