German ISP Accused of DNS Tampering to Sabotage Website Exposing Secret Internet Blocklist
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shaunpud
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
A German internet activist reveals that one of Germany's largest ISPs allegedly tampered with their DNS system to sabotage his website, which had exposed the secret internet blocklist maintained by the private organization Clearingstelle Urheberrecht im Internet (CUII). The CUII operates without judicial oversight or transparency, allowing ISPs and copyright holders to decide which websites Germans can access. The DNS manipulation occurred immediately after the author published Germany's secret internet censorship list.
Key quotes
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No judges, no transparency, just a bunch of ISPs and major copyright holders deciding what your eyes can see
Publishing Germany's secret internet blocklist
a private organization that decides what websites to block, corporate interests rewriting our free internet
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