> I wouldn't be so quick to assume that ISPs in the US won't go above and beyond the "call of duty" now, or in the near future.
An exception to a new non-blocking rule is not the same thing as a new rule requiring blocking. Particularly, in the absence of the new rules, there was no prohibition on ISPs blocking content (lawful or unlawful), and anything done with the excuse of blocking unlawful content (e.g., blocking all BitTorrent traffic) which also blocked lawful content was allowed. But now, even if blocking unlawful content is the excuse, if a policy blocks lawful content, there will be a basis for challenging it. This increases the legal risk to ISPs of policies for which they might deploy the excuse of "blocking unlawful content" beyond what the legal risk was (practically zero) before the Order was adopted.
So, I'd say it decreases the risk of ISPs trying to appease anyone, government or otherwise, blocking.
An exception to a new non-blocking rule is not the same thing as a new rule requiring blocking. Particularly, in the absence of the new rules, there was no prohibition on ISPs blocking content (lawful or unlawful), and anything done with the excuse of blocking unlawful content (e.g., blocking all BitTorrent traffic) which also blocked lawful content was allowed. But now, even if blocking unlawful content is the excuse, if a policy blocks lawful content, there will be a basis for challenging it. This increases the legal risk to ISPs of policies for which they might deploy the excuse of "blocking unlawful content" beyond what the legal risk was (practically zero) before the Order was adopted.
So, I'd say it decreases the risk of ISPs trying to appease anyone, government or otherwise, blocking.