Police Request For Website Closure Powers Causes Concern

The police have asked the UK’s Internet registry Nominet to change the terms under which sites operate in the .uk domain, so they can be closed down for acting illegally, but commentators have warned that this would mean businesses could be closed down before any crime has been proven.

Meanwhile Nick Lockett, a lawyer at DLL specialising in computer law, told the BBC that he was “deeply concerned” about SOCA’s proposal if it meant it could act before a conviction had been secured.