Swedish Police to Block Pirate Bay
Found on Slashdot on Friday, 06 July 2007
The Swedish Police just can't seem to leave The Pirate Bay at bay. It's been a year and two months since the worlds largest torrent tracker, The Pirate Bay, was originally raided and shut down by police, and now they're at it again, but with claims of child pornography. Brokep, over at The Pirate Bay (TPB), got a 'heads up' from a friend that the Swedish Police are going to put the site on its porn filter blacklist; this means anyone who tries to access the site from Sweden will get redirected to another site with a message explaining that they are not allowed to visit child pornography sites.
Since raiding them didn't work, officials now try the usual "please think of the children" approach. That's a slap into the face of those who really fight against child pornography and don't just see it as a shady excuse for blocking a service that makes the media industry angry.