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UK ISPs To Begin Censorship of Porn Websites

Posted by timothy on from the just-wipe-this-blood-over-your-threshold dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a plan sponsored by the UK government, four major UK ISP's, Virgin, BT, TalkTalk and Sky, are set to implement blocking of porn websites, requiring subscribers to 'opt-in' if they want to visit blocked websites (or to put it another way, 'opt-out' of internet censorship)."

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  1. Re:WTF??? by Noughmad · · Score: 4, Funny

    My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father's Internet. Prepare to die.

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  2. Re:Nothing new by HopefulIntern · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ditto this for Orange mobile internet (on my Desire). The guy I phoned up to turn the block off was cheeky as well, convo went as follows:

    Indian guy: "So you wish to turn off Orange Security?"
    Me: "Yes"
    Indian Guy: "You don't like security?"
    Me: "No...I don't..."