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djoldman ◴[] No.45003895[source]
> In Germany, we have the Clearingstelle Urheberrecht im Internet (CUII) - literally 'Copyright Clearinghouse for the Internet', a private organization that decides what websites to block, corporate interests rewriting our free internet. No judges, no transparency, just a bunch of ISPs and major copyright holders deciding what your eyes can see.

I'm confused because CUII at:

https://cuii.info/en/about-us/

says (translated):

> The CUII was founded by Internet access providers and rightholders and coordinates the implementation of court blocking procedures and the enforcement of court blocking orders.

CUII is saying that they enforce court orders. I guess that language doesn't preclude them from also blocking other sites.

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1. vorgol ◴[] No.45004068[source]
A bit like "There used to be a lot of corruption is politics. There still is, but there also used to be."