Sentence examples for ordered internet from inspiring English sources

The government ordered Internet service providers to block Facebook for the rest of the month.

Last month, officials in Beijing and other cities ordered Internet companies based there to ensure that people posting on microblogs had registered their accounts using their real names, though they could still post under an alias.

Still, the notion of a link is bolstered by a leaked Oct. 19 directive from Communist Party censors that ordered Internet sites and news organizations to delete all references to a recent interview of Mr. Wen by CNN.

Government Internet regulators have been trying to usher in real-name registration controls since 2003, when they ordered Internet cafes around China to demand that customers show identification, nominally to keep out minors.

A Dutch court in May ordered Internet providers to block the Pirate Bay Web site, which is linked to the Pirate Party, or face large fines, a ruling that will virtually block access to the Sweden-based site for the Dutch.

— Salman Masood (@SalmanMasood) 29 Dec 12 Just hours after the assistant director of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered Internet service providers to "immediately unblock/restore" YouTube, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf "issued orders to block YouTube again," a senior official told Agence France-Presse.

"The people and companies hosting the material should have been asked to remove it, instead of ordering Internet service providers to block them," the analysis said.

The bill would also enshrine the already dubious practice of ordering internet domain-name service providers (DNS) to essentially blacklist web addresses.

The Civil Contingencies Act and the 2003 Communications Act can both be used to suspend internet services, either by ordering internet service providers (ISPs) to shut down their operations or by closing internet exchanges.

Under an amendment to the bill in the House of Lords this month, courts would be empowered to order Internet service providers to block access to Web sites that provide pirated movies, music and other media content.

The lawsuit invokes an untested provision of a 1998 federal law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, that allows a court to order Internet providers to take limited steps to block offshore sites that violate United States copyright laws.