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Canadian Appellate Court Orders Google To Block Website Worldwide

A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal for British Columbia affirmed a lower court decision ordering Google Inc. to block certain websites from its search engine ' not just in British Columbia but worldwide.

15 minute read August 01, 2015 at 12:03 PM
By
Lisa Shuchman
Canadian Appellate Court Orders Google To Block Website Worldwide

Almost 20 years ago, John Perry Barlow, the essayist, Grateful Dead lyricist and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) founder, declared that governments had no sovereignty in cyberspace.

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