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British Telecom Blocks Access to Child Porn Sites

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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  1. Re:Typo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As an aside, are cable modems available in Britain?

    No. In jolly old Britian, the best we have is 300bps modems. I would write more, but it would take too long to upload.

  2. Re:Is this a good idea? by Jim+Starx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes... cause in an argument about the diffrence between making the stuff and sharing the stuff an analogy about you making a film is definitly an effective argument...

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  3. Re:Foot in the door by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, BT employ huge teams of highly trained paedophiles to accurately identify the child porn sites.

  4. Re:Foot in the door by foidulus · · Score: 3, Funny

    IANAL I would assume all images depicting said acts would likely be illegal
    Sorry, I just had to laugh, that acronym works on so many levels in this context :)