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British Telecom Blocks Access to Child Porn Sites

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  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: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.