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UK Gov't Launches Public Consultation On Porn-Site Age Checks (bbc.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes with news from the BBC that the UK government has launched a publc consultation regarding plans to mandate age checks on pornographic websites. According to the article, The proposals follow a Conservative Party manifesto commitment that "all sites containing pornographic material" must check that users are over 18. Internet providers, charities, academics and others will be asked to contribute to the consultation. ... In the consultation document, the government proposes that the checks should apply to content that would receive — if formally classified — an 18 or R18 rating from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). "We are keen to hear from parents, schools, child protection experts, the pornography industry, internet service providers and online platforms that provide access to pornographic content," the consultation document explained. As part of the plans, the government intends to establish a new regulatory framework to enforce compliance with any rules that are made law.
Correction.
"You're Happy to Cheer on and Pay Tax Money to motivate a band of people who call themselves "Government" to jail and if necessary, shoot and kill people who run pornography websites because you are too cheap to subscribe to an effective, commercial web filtering service to do the job for you that would be cheaper than the government solution and stomp on nobody's liberty ".
How out of it do you have to be to not see the obvious solutions in front of you?
"It's too expensive": Have the government pay Net Nanny or K9 a bunch of money a year and open it up to everyone in the UK. DONE!