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  • Privacy groups wade into UK gov, it's a telco conspiracy

    Big Brother Watch, Privacy International and the Open Rights Group have penned a strongly-worded letter accusing major UK telcos, including BT, Virgin, O2, Sky and TalkTalk, of complying with a government attack on privacy.
  • TalkTalk fined for nuisance calling the public

    Ofcom has hit ISP TalkTalk with a £750,000 for nuisance calling the public.
  • British ISPs block more torrent sites

    TorrentFreakreports that the High Court ordered six ISPs including BT, Sky, Virgin Media, O2, EE and TalkTalk to block subscriber access to the three torrent sites after the BPI stuck its oar in and moaned that they damaged legal music sales.
  • UK gov rejects web porn ban

    According to the report outlining the government's response to the consultation, ISPs will continue to use an 'active choice' system being put in place by ISPs such as BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media.
  • TalkTalk just about misses last place in Ofcom satisfaction survey

    TalkTalk may not have found itself at the bottom of Ofcom's  customer satisfaction research this year, but it still gained the highest percentage in some "dissatisfaction" levels.
  • Gloucester telco to sue YouView

    According to Total's legal representation, Willians LLP Solicitors, the big guns behind YouView TV - the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, TalkTalk, and Arqiva - must have been fully aware that the Your View trademark had been registered since late 2009, but proceeded regardless.
  • BPI pushes ISPs for more web censorship

    The comments from the Pirate Party UK and Open Rights Group (ORG) come after the recording industry organisation put proposals in place to force the likes of BT, Virgin and TalkTalk to block torrent sites Kickass Torrents, H33t and Fenopy.
  • TalkTalk wins 'most complained about' accolade, again

    TalkTalk has again been labelled the most complained internet service provider in an Ofcom survey.
  • Top ISPs snub net neutrality code of conduct

    It has been signed by BT, BSkyB, O2, TalkTalk and Three but Virgin Media, Vodafone and the two Everything Everywhere networks, T-Mobile and Orange are not signing.
  • Cameron calls for internet porn ban

    CommentBT, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Sky have reluctantly signed up to a code of practice, offering customers a choice of whether to apply filters. But it is entirely optional.
  • Privacy group slams DEA Initial Obligations Code

    The code will initially cover ISPs with more than 400,000 broadband-enabled fixed lines - currently BT, Everything Everywhere, O2, Sky, TalkTalk Group and Virgin Media.
  • Google slams UK porn filtering proposal

    Even TalkTalk, which offers filters to its customers, thinks that having them on by default is a pretty bad idea.
  • ASA barks at TalkTalk

    TalkTalk has been investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a customer complained about how the company advertised its broadband speeds.
  • BT, Talk Talk lose final Digital Economy Act appeal

    BT and Talk Talk have been dealt a bitter blow with the government giving the final go-ahead with the Digital Economy Act.
  • 16 percent of Brits have never gone online

    Gargantuan supermarket Tesco, for its part, is trying to get more people online while filling its own pockets - having turned ISP and offering a package for just £2.50 a month, undercutting cheap broadband provider TalkTalk.
  • Watchdog tells ISPs to pull their socks up

    Apparently Mr Ofcom is jolly cross that BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, restrict the speed of some bandwidth heavy services such as peer-to-peer file sharing without making it clear enough what they are doing.
  • Coalition splits on Digital Economy Act

    The DEA is designed to protect Big Content from online piracy, and includes provision to cut copyright infringers off the internet. It also allows for website blocking. ISPs led by BT and TalkTalk are opposing the Act through the courts, and were granted leave for a fresh appeal last week.
  • David Cameron encourages web censorship

    David Cameron, who we assume has a private subscription to Jugggz and gets his kicks the old fashioned way, today announced a deal with BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin to block pornography from appearing online. At least, by default.

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