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UK Home Office Site Links To Porn

Posted by samzenpus on from the freshen-your-drink-governor dept.

Azaril writes "The British home office had an embarrassing incident this morning, when it was discovered that a link to the new legislation on data retention actually linked to a Japanese porn site. Apparently, the home office forgot to renew the domain name, and didn't change the link when it was bought by a Japanese company. This of course comes after the news that the home secretary claimed pornographic films on her expense account."

6 comments

  1. link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    so... anyone has the link?

    1. Re:link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I am really quite interested in knowing what domain name could be shared between a Japanese porn site and a British policy site.

    2. Re:link by Valdrax · · Score: 1

      I.. I didn't think of it that way, but now I wonder too.

      Probably was just a random domain name squatter, though.

      --
      If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
  2. And the url is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just in case y'all wanted to confirm the story or do some "original research":

    (NSFW) http://technicaladvisoryboard.org.uk/

    1. Re:And the url is... by julesh · · Score: 1

      (NSFW) http://technicaladvisoryboard.org.uk/

      I like the bit at the bottom that says "Japanese use only". Classy. Register a .uk domain, and then ask that only Japanese people use it.

  3. With a little internet snooping by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://technicaladvisoryboard.org.uk/