UK Plans to force internet providers to block sites carrying pirated music and films “threaten freedom of speech and the open internet”, the largest internet and telecom companies operating in the UK said.
In a letter published in the Financial Times on Wednesday, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Ebay, along with the UK’s largest internet service providers, object to an amendment to the digital economy bill passed with support from the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives last week. The companies argue that the rules, if they become law, would fail to tackle copyright infringement as intended.
