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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."

2 of 531 comments (clear)

  1. Court orders without how to do it. by WPIDalamar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's wacky that courts can order companies to do things, and not suggest ways of doint it.

    This wouldn't be news if the court had listed the sites it wants blocked. Let the court make the distinction between allowed and not allowed once, instead of making every single ISP make those choices.

    Kind of like a court saying, "Hey, <INSERT POWER COMPANY HERE> you have to start using fusion power next year."

  2. Huh? by Qzukk · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How do they block it without knowing what the sites are?

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

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