No More Pr0n For You!
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:33 pm
"Every household in the UK is to have pornography blocked by their internet provider unless they choose to receive it, David Cameron is to announce.
"In his speech, Mr Cameron will say family-friendly filters will be automatically selected for all new customers - though they can choose to switch them off.
And millions of existing computer users will be contacted by their internet providers and told they must decide whether to activate "family friendly filters" to restrict adult material.
Customers who do not click on either option - accepting or declining - will have filters activated by default, Tory MP Claire Perry, Mr Cameron's adviser on the sexualisation and commercialisation of childhood, told the BBC."
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076
Not too fussed about the whole porn thing, but I'm more worried about the implications this might eventually have on other web services. There are loads of sites which might be blocked as a result of this - forums/message boards are often labelled as 'nsfw' to protect themselves from liability of what users post, and restrictions on copyrighted media (on any site from YouTube to Pirate Bay) could well follow in another SOPA-style controversy.
Of course little of this should matter to any other country, but being British we'd most likely be too embarrassed to call up our ISP and ask them to unblock 'nsfw content'.
"In his speech, Mr Cameron will say family-friendly filters will be automatically selected for all new customers - though they can choose to switch them off.
And millions of existing computer users will be contacted by their internet providers and told they must decide whether to activate "family friendly filters" to restrict adult material.
Customers who do not click on either option - accepting or declining - will have filters activated by default, Tory MP Claire Perry, Mr Cameron's adviser on the sexualisation and commercialisation of childhood, told the BBC."
Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076
Not too fussed about the whole porn thing, but I'm more worried about the implications this might eventually have on other web services. There are loads of sites which might be blocked as a result of this - forums/message boards are often labelled as 'nsfw' to protect themselves from liability of what users post, and restrictions on copyrighted media (on any site from YouTube to Pirate Bay) could well follow in another SOPA-style controversy.
Of course little of this should matter to any other country, but being British we'd most likely be too embarrassed to call up our ISP and ask them to unblock 'nsfw content'.
