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Pennsylvania Court Forces ISPs to Block Porn Sites

Posted by chrisd on from the that'll-keep-them-from-the-bad-stuff dept.

jkastner writes "Salon is reporting that Pennsylvania is forcing ISPs to block web sites that have child porn. While we can all agree that child porn is bad, this sort of approach starts us down a slipperly slope. If one site slips through, does that make the ISP liable? In addition, the court ordered blocking may prevent access to legitimate sites that are hosted on the same server."

10 of 531 comments (clear)

  1. Good! by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 4, Funny

    This means that there will be more bandwidth available when we surf for pr0n, since all those kinky amish won't be able to go there too!!!

    1. Re:Good! by Marco_polo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ezekiel: Did you see that girl?
      Jebediah: hooyah, she sure raises my barn, if you know what I mean

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      I am the lord of the pun. Dance Knave!
  2. Re:Huh? by moominpapa · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can ask Pete Townshend where the sites are ;-)

  3. Re:But.... by Surreal_Streaker · · Score: 1, Funny
    ...the old adage about PA being Philly and pittsburgh with alabama in between is really quite true

    Ahh, good ol' Pennsyltuckey

  4. Only _child_ porn is blocked in PA. by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Funny

    You almost gave me a fucking heart attack.

    I read the title, and had this surreal tunnel-vision of a world without internet porn.

    Lets just say its not a world I want to live in.

  5. Goverment Conspiracy? by edgezone · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they know where the sites are, why haven't they been shut down?

    The sites probably aren't in Pennsylvania. They might be anywhere in the world.

    Oh, I think you're on to something here. The goverment start requiring blocking all domains that might have child porn, leaving only iraqi domains unblocked, so all child porn sites end up migrating to the underutilized .iq (is pr0n.raises-your.iq registered yet?)...and in the name of all that is decent and family values, we finally have a reason to invade and bomb iraq! oh wait, nevermind.

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    -- If you can't laugh at yourself, someone else will do it for you.
  6. I can't see the site! by jlleblanc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ironically enough, Salon.com is blocked by my school's proxy filter!

  7. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMEONE ELSE NAKED? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes? Why, you must be evil!!! Have you ever seen yourself naked? You compound your sins.. I hope the Lord has mercy on you and does not cast you into the HELL in which you truly belong!!!

  8. Re:Like asking telephone companies to block by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Simple:

    if (terrorist)
    {
    block();
    }

    Duh.

  9. Dog shit by whereiswaldo · · Score: 2, Funny


    I once voted to ban dog shit in oatmeal cookies.

    It was voted down because they said that might lead to removing chocolate chips, raisins, nuts, and other good things.

    So we still eat our dog shit cookies.