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TorrentFreak Blocked By British ISP Sky's Porn Filter

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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. The question by erikkemperman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The question is whether this was always the plan. First put in place the infrastructure for censorship -- eek, porn! -- and then slide on down the slippery slope.

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    1. Re:The question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes. Next question?

    2. Re:The question by michelcolman · · Score: 5, Insightful

      In other words, porn is an ideal lubricant for slopes.

  2. Re:Works for me by Mr_Silver · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ignore me. Turns out the blocking only occurs if you have the under-18 filter turned on - which I managed to get from the article :)

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  3. Re:America, F*** YEAH by Luckyo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not Europe. It's UK. The country that likes to take the worst of the US, the worst of the EU, mix them together and implement.