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Utah Considers Forcing ISPs to Filter Content
tipsymonkey writes "Cnet is running an article on how the Utah governor is considering signing a law that forces ISPs to filter content deemed harmful to minors. This would apply to large scale ISPs like AOL as well. They have until March 22 to decide whether or not to sign this into law."
They start filter political content as well.
Freedom indeed.
*points and laughs at the irony*
I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
Well, it's Utah, so it's basically the Mormons that decide.
So, sites promoting polygamy are OK but sites promoting the drinking of caffeine or alcohol (like those belonging to Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Budweiser, etc) are bad. Oh, and anything else that the Mormon church doesn't like either will be considered "harmful" too.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
Because soon the Constitution will be changed allowing only Jesus-approved web sites.
Vote Quimby!
Optional filtering of specific URLs? Are the specifif URLs to be included in the bill? I doubt it. If enough people care about what they can and acn't see on the internet, then they should set up their own "clean" DNS server and only resolve domains that they like. Easy, optional, and regulation free. the government stays out of censorship and people get to decide wht they want to do. All at no cost to taxpayers. I chalenge the mormon church et al to get off their colective asses and set up a DNS server that does this filtering for their members. If they can do it, then anyone who wants can easily set their computer to use their DNS server.