[Despised]

Netsweeper is a small Canadian company with a disarmingly boring name and an office nestled among the squat buildings of Waterloo, Ontario. But its services—namely, online censorship—are offered in countries as far-flung as Bahrain and Yemen.

In 2015, University of Toronto-based research hub Citizen Lab reported that Netsweeper was providing Yemeni rebels with censorship technology. In response, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert revealed in a blog post on Tuesday, Netsweeper sued the university and Deibert for defamation. Netsweeper discontinued its lawsuit in its entirety in April.

If the suit was successful, Deibert wrote, damages would have amounted to more than $3 million.

“It should be pointed out that this is not the first time a company has contemplated legal action regarding the work of the Citizen Lab,” Deibert wrote. “However, it is the first time that a company has gone so far as to begin litigation proceedings. I suspect it will not be the last.”

Read more: Motherboard

[Customer]

Silly people think they can censor the internet.

How funny.

[mothered]

Silly people think they can censor the internet.

How funny.

In particular, an entity of this nature:

Netsweeper is a small Canadian company with a disarmingly boring name and an office nestled among the squat buildings of Waterloo

It's people like this whose credentials should be compromised- just for attempting such stupidity.

[Skullmeat]

Oh man. This is gonna be good. Streisand effect anyone?

[Despised]

It's people like this whose credentials should be compromised- just for attempting such stupidity.

Agreed. I think this is too lightly taken. Exposing them isn't enough.

[mothered]

Agreed. I think this is too lightly taken. Exposing them isn't enough.

Certainly so.

In my views, If the content on the net Is made available to my PC whilst In the comfort of my own home, who's got the right to stop It? As @Customer mentioned, It's ridiculous how a small group of Individuals think they could censor the net.

[Wildfire]

The only way to censor the Internet is to take away the internet. As with anything, blacklisting is impractical and should not be attempted. Whitelisting is the only way to even consider censoring the net, and even then, that has flaws.

[Skullmeat]

The only way to censor the Internet is to take away the internet. As with anything, blacklisting is impractical and should not be attempted. Whitelisting is the only way to even consider censoring the net, and even then, that has flaws.

If people want to access something, they will. Censorship won't do anything.