FOI shows Department of Justice planning internet blocking for Ireland
When answering FOI requests, departments prepare a schedule of records listing each document they hold by data and title. Looking at this list (available here) it becomes clear that for some time now the Department of Justice has been proposing the introduction of internet blocking in Ireland – and has been doing this under the radar, without any public consultation or legislative approval. Indeed, it is clear from the list that the Department is not planning on introducing legislation but instead intends to introduce this new form of censorship without any legal basis, based on the now discredited Norwegian and Danish models.