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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."

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  1. You're Right by gowen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That certainly is a slippery slope. Unfortunately, slippery slope arguments are completely fallacious.

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  2. ISP blocking by Visaris · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Personally, I feel this is entirely the wrong approach. Someone hosts child porn and you just have the ISP block them? I'm pretty sure that in the US hosting a page that contains child porn is illegal... One shouldn't just block them, they should be tried in a court and if found guilty sent to jail. Blocking the site is not the answer at all, especially when you could be taking a legitimate site off the net at the same time.

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