'OFAC closes European tour operator?s 80 websites (Granma Internacional) THE U.S. government has ordered a national company that registers internet domain names to close, without prior notice, some 80 websites belonging to a British tour operator, used for selling trips to Cuba, among other destinations.
'US seizes domain name of Spanish company selling Cuba trips (Ars Technica) The United States has traditionally defended itself as a neutral guardian of Internet governance, but that's not always true. The Department of the Treasury recently ordered a European man's travel business offline on the basis that he offered trips to Cuba, despite the fact that neither the man, his company, or the servers in question reside on US soil. Read More...
