ISPs set to install network-level smut filters despite Lib Dem opposition UK telcos are continuing to work towards flicking the switch on network-level filters that will allow subscribers to block "harmful" content by the end of this year. That's despite the fact that the Liberal Democrat Party - which is the junior member of the Coalition government - has overwhelmingly opposed the parental …
I moved to Australia 6 months ago and while I do follow UK news where possible - have they said how they are going to do this? I assumed it would be using the ISP's DNS servers to filter this out, but as someone said above - they would have to do it on a URL by URL basis for sites that might contain something people might find offensive....
Either way it's bullshit - leave the internet alone you massive shower of wankers!
There incessant moaning idiots trying to control everything that the population can see, do hear or watch will be the same bunch of muppets that believe it is always someone elses fault.
The fundamental problem in British (and Proabaly American) society is that the responsibility is always somebody elses. Schools are mainly seen as free childcare and many parent provide no support to their child's education. Those same parents then give the offspring unlimited access to TV, Film & computers with no supervision. They then bellyache when said offpsprinf have a screen load of porn that they have "inadventenly" found.
Yes, an innocent search can turn up the wrong material but there are pleny of free tools that will prevent this that will be far mor effective and controllably than anything an ISP can do. Where are the lines drawn?
What is acceptable for a 10 year old is inappropriate for a 5 year old. Then it gets even harder through 11 to 14 and 15 to 16. Then there is the legallity of the post 16 year olds.
One assuems that the camp in favour of filtering are happy for ALL defaults to be appropriate for 5 and younger.
Yet another politically motivated pile of sh** to come out of Downing Street as the result of lobbying by a noisy minority in an attempt to "safeguard" our children.
Nobody in the UK or US Governments, at least no one important, cares about the innocent searches or children being exposed to pr0n etc.
They want the snooping and filtering tech installed because:
- if you dig out any dirt on them they want to know first; and
- they want to shut it down before anyone else sees it.
That, in a nutshell, is their motivation. Of course, that's an unrealisable dream but one can't deny their tenacious perseverance...
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