New Law effective 9th April - Perhaps people missed

The following is a statement made by Google

The Internet industry is speaking out with outrage at the passing of the Digital Economy Bill, now Digital Economy Act after passing into UK law, with key figures voicing their concerns at the measures that have been put in place. With talk of this driving our Internet toward a filtered state such as in China, it is no surprise that even Google has spoken out against this new law rushed through by the UK government.

"The proposals to introduce website blocking - now included in Clause 8 - have escaped proper scrutiny. They were introduced 24 hours before a crucial vote in the House of Lords, without a full debate over whether such a policy is right in principle.

We absolutely believe in the importance of copyright, but blocking through injunction creates a high risk that legal content gets mistakenly blocked, or that people abuse the system."
The above article can be read here...
tinyurl.com/y78c9fr

I for one fully support 'copyright' issues but it seem that the powers to be even in its final days seem intent on passing 'flawed legislation'. The UK seems to be following China in stemming the 'Internet' and the Freedom of Speech' - Was Orwell right?