The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the internal security service of the U.S., asked the Mozilla Foundation, which publishes such as Firefox, remove the add MafiaaFire its online catalog. Mafiaafire overcomes some of the seized domain names operated by U.S. authorities in automatically redirecting the user to the copies of the site hosted elsewhere on the Web.
Wikileaks, for example, has hosted many mirror versions around the Internet after the seizure of its domain name. In a blog post, Harvey Anderson, counsel for the Mozilla Foundation, said he declined for the moment the request of DHS. "We comply with all court orders, mandates and legal requirements, but in this case there has been no court decision," he says.
The foundation has asked for proof of the illegality of MafiaaFire without results, and therefore maintains the module in its catalog for now. U.S. authorities have multiplied in recent months seized domain names, sites against child pornography, counterfeiting, illegal downloads or sites perceived as posing a threat to national security as Wikileaks.
This method is much more efficient than traditional litigation, is highly criticized by the associations and law professionals. In February, DHS had closed by mistake 84,000 websites after an error during a seizure of domain names, in an operation against child pornography. 
Wikileaks, for example, has hosted many mirror versions around the Internet after the seizure of its domain name. In a blog post, Harvey Anderson, counsel for the Mozilla Foundation, said he declined for the moment the request of DHS. "We comply with all court orders, mandates and legal requirements, but in this case there has been no court decision," he says.
The foundation has asked for proof of the illegality of MafiaaFire without results, and therefore maintains the module in its catalog for now. U.S. authorities have multiplied in recent months seized domain names, sites against child pornography, counterfeiting, illegal downloads or sites perceived as posing a threat to national security as Wikileaks.
This method is much more efficient than traditional litigation, is highly criticized by the associations and law professionals. In February, DHS had closed by mistake 84,000 websites after an error during a seizure of domain names, in an operation against child pornography.
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