Sweden to take U Turn on Net Neutrality?

Censor the Internet

[tangor]

The Swedish government is considering overturning its long-held opposition to internet filtering – so says one of the country's most high-profile ISPs.

According to Bahnhof and its CEO Jon Karlung, the ISP received an email from an investigator who said he had been appointed by the government to look into regulating the Swedish gambling market.

[theregister.co.uk...]
Land of Pirate Bay is looking at ways to manage (control) the internet. There is a long game in this, however, since the government has failed in courts to deal with copyright, etc:

Give (sic) the Swedish government's repeated and determined efforts to find a way around its current laws however, some suspect it is now trying to find a different way to bring in laws that enable it to enforce internet filtering – and has hit on the regulation of gambling websites as a possible route to do that.

Once such a law is on the books, it would be easier to apply internet filtering to copyright infringement down the line.

It's wait and see at the moment.

[bill]

The Pirate Bay gave them a bit of a black eye in some international circles. There must be a lot of pressure to move toward more regulation despite their laws to the contrary. This will be one to watch.