EU net neutrality plans won’t kill website blocking

Plans by the European Union to prohibit Internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking or throttling customers’ access under new net neutrality rules will not have any impact on website blocking at a member state level.

As reported by our London bureau on Tuesday, EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes set out plans to prevent anti-competitive blocking of rival services, such as those that compete with their own offerings.