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Three ISPs Agree To Block Child Porn
Goobergunch and other readers sent in word that Sprint, Time Warner, and Verizon have agreed to block websites and newsgroups containing child pornography. The deal, brokered by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, occurred after Cuomo's office threatened the ISPs with fraud charges. It's of some concern that the blacklist of sites and newsgroups is to be maintained by the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an NGO with no legal requirement for transparency. Here are two further cautions, the first from Lauren Weinstein: "Of broader interest perhaps is how much time will pass before 'other entities' demand that ISPs (attempt to) block access to other materials that one group or another feels subscribers should not be permitted to see or hear." And from Techdirt: "[T]he state of Pennsylvania tried to do pretty much the same thing, back in 2002, but focused on actually passing a law ... And, of course, a federal court tossed out the law as unconstitutional. The goal is certainly noble. Getting rid of child porn would be great — but having ISPs block access to an assigned list isn't going to do a damn thing towards that goal."
Right on the heals of a Boy scouts of America article.
Hmmm
"Do you have proof?"
"Why are you asking? You must be looking for child porn! STONE HIM!" There, fixed it for you.
Demanding constant attention will only lead to attention.
They hire a pedophile!!
Grandpa: My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star.
But the phone companies are forced to keep a list of numbers that are illegal to call (crack dealers and such) so people can't call them right?? Oh wait.....
Great Idea in theory, "lets block all this bad stuff", OK now please define the rules...
Government: It has to block child porn.
Me: OK, how do we define child porn?
Government: An adult and a child in sexual acts.
Me: Right, how do we flag that to block it?
Government: *frusterated* You block it!
Me: We need to define a process or this won't work.
Government: We'll make a list then.
Me: So your going to scour the internets for child Porn and add it to this list. Nothing automatic?
Government: Yes
Me: So what venues will you block, HTTP, SSH, FTP, Torrent, MQ, Skype?
Government: All of those things.
Me: You can't decrypt HTTPS or SSH traffic, how do you know it's child porn?
Government: Because we know those servers have porn since some guy flagged it.
Me: You've heard of dynamic IP's right?
Government: *MAD* DO WHAT WE SAY OR WE KILL THE BUNNY.
Me: Um.... do it.
At last Cowboy Neal will win a poll!
I was gonna put 4chan in my post but decided not to upset the hackers on steroids, since if I've learned anything from Fox news it's that everyone choosing to be anonymous on an imageboard are invariably out to destroy me.
Are you kidding? I want this technology in my fucking camera phone. Then I can point it at a chick and find out if she's over 18 or not.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Well obviously the ISPs and the state attorney are sick of looking at the same child porn images they have for years
That news article is why I'm trading in my van for a Vespa. You can never be too safe!
98% of America's teens drink alcohol, smoke, and have sex. Put this in your sig if you like bagels.
Let's just say it: all the *chan boards.
Never attribute to Hanlon that which can be adequately attributed to Heinlein.
You've heard stories of people paying for porn on the internet? My god, what is wrong with this world?
Are you kidding? I want this technology in my fucking camera phone. Then I can point it at a chick and find out if she's over 18 or not.
18? That's way too inflexible.
The phone should have a internationalization feature so that using GPS and an online database it will figure out the age of consent wherever you are, where you're from, and all the relevant laws.
get a dog, and curtains
and you should repaint that van of yours..