Nominet Suspends Over 8,000 "Criminal" Domains As IP Complaints Double

[Acorn Newsbot]

Police claims of intellectual property infringement led to the number of .uk domains suspended doubling in 2016, according to Nominet. Statistics released today show that the .uk registry suspended 8,049 domains in the 12 months to October 31, compared to 3,889 in the year-ago period. It’s an almost tenfold increase on 2014, when just 948…

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