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Publicity Leads to an unblock for TorrentFreak

2 days after TorrentFreak posted about Web filtering in the UK Sky has caved and admitted to yet another over blocking mistake and has recategorized torrentfreak.com so it is now reachable.

In the opening of their article the BBC clearly state that overblocking is affecting lots of other legitimate websites;

filters are intended to allow parents to ensure children cannot view adult content.

But the automatic blocking of all file-sharing sites meant that news site TorrentFreak and other legitimate sites were also blocked.

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Whilst this is a victory for TorrentFreak.com there are still plenty of other site owners that may not know if they have been blocked and are losing revenue or being blocked from providing the help they are trying to provide.

Read the full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25638872

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