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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)."

5 of 186 comments (clear)

  1. Wrong. by richy+freeway · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wrong wrong wrong. You have to OPT IN to the filter.

    1. Re:Wrong. by richy+freeway · · Score: 4, Informative

      Replying to my own post, but there's clarification here http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/oct/11/internet-pornography?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

  2. Nothing new by IrquiM · · Score: 3, Informative

    Vodaphone already have this on their 3g sticks. Had to opt-in for porn to be able to surf Norways biggest newspaper (and also the recent winner of the best ipad newspaper app.)

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    This is blinging
  3. Wrong by Barence · · Score: 5, Informative

    This story is completely inaccurate. Consumers don't have to opt-in to receive adult content: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadband/370450/confusion-reigns-as-government-announces-porn-ban

  4. Re:Moral panic panic. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    But what it is, is not so clear. You can drive over to Blockbuster and rent movies that have nude, under-18 girls in them. Child nudity does not make something child pornography prima facie, although it has been prosecuted as such in the past by overzealous officials. I have baby pics of all my kids in some state of undress/bathing, and it's cute, not pornographic.