Google's Tim Bray drafts new HTTP status code for censorship

Google's Tim Bray drafts new HTTP status code for censorship / XML co-inventor and Android Developer Advocate Tim Bray is submitting a draft for a new HTTP Status Code. 451 Unavailable for Legal Reasons could be used to let users know that the web page or resource they are requesting can’t be accessed on legal grounds outside the server operator's control. XML co-inventor and Android Developer Adv

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"responses using the code should indicate details about the pertinent legal restriction, which legal authority is behind it, and what class of resources the restriction applies to"