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British Telecom Blocks Access to Child Porn Sites

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday June 6, 2004 @01:11AM from the this-is-scary-stuff dept.

An anonymous reader writes "British Telecom has taken the unprecedented step of blocking all illegal child pornography websites in a crackdown on abuse online. The decision by Britain's largest high-speed internet provider will lead to the first mass censorship of the web attempted in a Western democracy."

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Re:Foot in the door by StarCat76 · 2004-06-06 08:22 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Cracking down on kiddy porn is not an unreasonable restriction on free speech.

I agree about cracking down on the distribution and creation of kiddy porn, but I've never understood why it's illegal to view it. If it's already been made, then who is hurt by viewing it as long as one doesn't pay money for it?