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TorrentFreak Blocked By British ISP Sky's Porn Filter

Posted by Unknown on from the slashdot-unsafe-for-any-age dept.

judgecorp writes "TorrentFreak, a news site covering copyright issues and file sharing news, has been blocked by the porn filter of British ISP Sky. As TorrentFreak points out, the filter is provided by Symantec, and doesn't block Symantec when the company reports malware news: 'Thanks to their very own self-categorization process they wear the "Technology and Telecommunication" label. Is their website blocked by any of their own filters? I won’t even bother answering that.'" From the TorrentFreak article: "Our crimes are the topics we cover. As readers know we write about file-sharing, copyright and closely linked issues including privacy and web censorship. We write about the positives and the negatives of those topics and we solicit comments from not only the swarthiest of pirates, but also the most hated anti-piracy people on the planet."

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  1. Re:The question by mSparks43 · · Score: 4, Funny

    With any luck they'll block the BBC soon.

  2. Re:The question by runeghost · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone calling it "Hadrian's Firewall" yet?

  3. Re:The question by erikkemperman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Glad to hear you've formulated a plan. Cheers!

    --
    Gosh, thanks. That must be why the other ships call me Meatfucker -- GCU Grey Area (Eccentric)
  4. Re:The question by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, "web forums". That's just absurd.

    A politician saw one once and didn't like it!

  5. Re:I'd take this with a pinch of salt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "though the only paper brave enough to print the truth these days is Andrex"

    Fixed that for you!

  6. Re:The question by mrclisdue · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, "web forums". That's just absurd.

    A politician saw one once and didn't like it!

    Indeed. I believe it was beta.slashdot.org

    cheers,