Swedish Anti-Piracy Law Causes Internet Traffic Drop

On Wednesday, a new anti-piracy law was implemented in Sweden that will allow courts to order Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to reveal the identities of suspected file sharers. On its first day, the law provoked a 30 percent drop in the country’s Internet traffic, from 120 gigabits of data passing over the network every second, down to 80Gbps. Continue reading...