Japan Asks Carriers to Block a Leak Site: Why Site Blocking Is So Rare, and What the GMO Case Changes
Japan's communications ministry asked telecom carriers to block the site where GMO's attackers published customer data. Blocking is rare in Japan because it touches the constitutional secrecy of communications. We explain the precedents, from child abuse images in 2011 to manga piracy in 2018, and what is new this time.