Verizon Cutting Access To Entire Alt.* Usenet Hierarchy

modemac writes "Verizon has declared it will no longer offer access to the entire alt.* hierarchy of Usenet newsgroups to its customers. This stems from last week's agreement for major ISPs to cut off access to 'newsgroups and Web sites' that make child pornography available. The story notes, 'No law requires Verizon to do this. Instead, the company (and, to varying extents, Time Warner Cable and Sprint) agreed to restrictions on Usenet in response to political strong-arming by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat. Cuomo claimed that his office found child porn on 88 newsgroups — out of roughly 100,000 newsgroups that exist.' In response, Verizon will cut its customers off from a large portion of Usenet, as it will only carry newsgroups in the Big 8."

Comments

Re:so what

[Goaway]

Somehow, I don't think getting you your warez is high up on the agenda of very many ISPs.

Re:Nanny Verizon

[Anonymous Coward]

I wish all porn was on .xxx domain then I can block it myself easily. Until we get our act together and force it to .xxx then I welcome NANNY ISPs.

If you dont want this kind of ISP then move porn to .xxx.

Simple really, you refused to move it to .xxx so now you have to have it blocked.