Governments will not always be able to disguise which content they restrict across the Web thanks to a new error code which will warn users of content restricted ...

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the body responsible for overseeing the internet's technical standards, has approved HTTP 451, "an HTTP Status Code to Report Legal Obstacles". The new ...

The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), which is responsible for the Internet standards process, has pretty much approved HTTP 451 as the standard error code ...

Design & Dev There’s now an official HTTP status code for legal takedowns: 451 December 21, 2015 - 9:54 am Image by: Shutterstock ...

There is currently no HTTP status code to indicate you can't access content because it's been prohibited by a government agency. Tim Bray, a Google engineer, has proposed the status code "451," in ...

If a user attempts to visit The Pirate Bay via BT in the UK he gets a simple three-word message: "Error - site blocked." This, says the UK's Open Rights Group (ORG ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Most savvy internet users should be familiar with at least a few HTTP status codes. 404, for example, ...