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ISPs To Censor Porn By Default In the UK By 2014
An anonymous reader writes "Parental filters for pornographic content will come as a default setting for all homes in the UK by the end of 2013, says David Cameron's special advisor on preventing the sexualization and commercialization of childhood, Claire Perry MP. Internet service providers will be expected to provide filtering technology to new and existing customers with an emphasis on opting out, rather than opting in."
This is an interesting job title:
Special advisor on preventing the sexualization and commercialization of childhood
Will she also be proposing that UK homes have AdBlock on by default by 2014, to ensure that kids don't get too many ads targeted at them?
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Anybody with children. Please, the moment they start the censorship, sue them whenever you discover that your child has found any porn at all. If they start censoring, make them liable for their failure to censor well. With some luck they will have to quit trying.
An excellent question about a very nuanced and complex issue. I'm guessing the answer they will come up with be "Experts will define it" and the experts will be whoever set the default settings for censoring software that successfully schmoozes the right ISP executives and or politicians.
On the violent media thing, the logic there is that kids are more likely to have sex than go on violent rampages, which is not totally crazy. The crazy part is that kids are going to be brainwashed by media out there, and that sex is as worrisome as violence, but the being more concerned about youths reproducing than worrying about youths reenacting Terminator, that makes some sense at least.