Sachin=GOD Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Online porn to be blocked in the UK, unless you opt in Porn will be automatically blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK unless account holders choose to opt in, Prime Minister David Cameron will announce today, according to the BBC. As part of a raft of new measures aimed at protecting "the innocence of our children", search engines will be required to block illegal content, including video that depicts rape, the possession of which will be made illegal in England and Wales. Filters will be applied by ISPs to both new and existing customers. They'll be automatically on if you switch to a new company, but you'll be contacted by your existing provider to ask whether you want to turn it on, reports the Beeb, which has seen an advance copy of the PM's speech. "I'm not making this speech because I want to moralise or scaremonger, but because I feel profoundly as a politician, and as a father, that the time for action has come," Mr Cameron will say. "This is, quite simply, about how we protect our children and their innocence." The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre will be given greater powers, including the ability to examine file-sharing networks, although the exact extent of this surveillance hasn't been announced. A database of banned images depicting the sexual abuse of children will also be used by police investigators to track paedophiles. A parliamentary inquiry last year recommended stronger porn filters, including opting in to see adult sexual images. "While parents should be responsible for their children's online safety, in practice people find it difficult to put content filters on the plethora of Internet-enabled devices in their homes," said Claire Perry MP. In theory the move would allow people to stop their kids accessing porn on any device they pay for, as long as it was in the parents' name. Exactly how ISPs and phone networks will decide what is porn and what isn't, and how they'll prevent users from getting around the filters, is yet to be announced. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/online-porn-to-be-blocked-in-the-uk-unless-you-opt-in-50011774/
Crookbond Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Let the moaning and groaning begin....:giggle: They are giving you an informed choice to opt-in; very different from blanket bans imposed in our nation.
beetle Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 They are giving you an informed choice to opt-in; very different from blanket bans imposed in our nation. Even that is hitting below the belt for a lot...:giggle:
Ram Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Imagine a Brit sitting in the living room, filling out an application for a new internet connection, while his wife and kids sit nearby, watching tv or playing with toys.. ‘Name… Jack Smith.,, Age… 36 Married.. Yes. Kids… Yes, 2.. Address… No.2, Whitley street, Birmingham.. Porn Filter Y or N… errr.. hmm… Honey, I just want to take a nap now.. let me fill this application out later once you and the kids have gone to the park ok..’ :hysterical:
Brainfade Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Imagine a Brit sitting in the living room, filling out an application for a new internet connection, while his wife and kids sit nearby, watching tv or playing with toys.. ‘Name… Jack Smith.,, Age… 36 Married.. Yes. Kids… Yes, 2.. Address… No.2, Whitley street, Birmingham.. Porn Filter Y or N… errr.. hmm… Honey, I just want to take a nap now.. let me fill this application out later once you and the kids have gone to the park ok..’ :hysterical: Or he could try this: "I believe in freedom and can never support the government controlling everyone's life like this! ... For that reason alone, I have no choice but to opt-in ... just to stick it to the government!"
Ram Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Or he could try this: "I believe in freedom and can never support the government controlling everyone's life like this! ... For that reason alone' date=' I have no choice but to opt-in ... just to stick it to the government!"[/quote'] Yes, he can try that too. I wonder how many men in Britain are going to invoke this ‘Freedom of Speech, let me stick it to the government..’clause. :phehehe:
Sachinism Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Its such a BS policy being put into place. Its brought into protect the children of mongrel parents who can't be bothered to do anything to protect their own children. Its not difficult to get a some nanny software, every single ISP provides the service for free. Its basically getting the government to put a blanket ban on 'porn' (we still don't know what falls under the porn catergory) so you don't have to do anything yourself. Why should I have to opt-out of a system, which probably will result in me being put on a porn-watcher list? How is this any different from the Gov. of Pakistan blocking youtube, so they can control what information people have access to?
Crookbond Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Most good systems are always 'opt-out' rather than 'opt-in'.
cowboysfan Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 this just confirms what i always believed,Britain=pakistan.
Muloghonto Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Its such a BS policy being put into place. Its brought into protect the children of mongrel parents who can't be bothered to do anything to protect their own children. Its not difficult to get a some nanny software, every single ISP provides the service for free. Its basically getting the government to put a blanket ban on 'porn' (we still don't know what falls under the porn catergory) so you don't have to do anything yourself. Why should I have to opt-out of a system, which probably will result in me being put on a porn-watcher list? How is this any different from the Gov. of Pakistan blocking youtube, so they can control what information people have access to? TBH, if you ignore the techie group, most children are more proficient with softwares than their parents are by the time they are hitting puberty and interested in porn. As for being in a porn-watcher's list, quit fooling yourself. If you watch porn, you are already on some list of some government agency. So too if you do more shopping through ebay than the local home hardware. Big brother keeps tabs on all of us, its either one pretext or another. overall, i don't know how much of a difference it will make because this may just re-start the whole proxy server style IP masking of the 90s. or it may actually work. Its worth a shot though because when your 7 year old daughter types in 'Prince Albert' in google, she doesnt need to see the penis ring that also shares the same name. So far, the only people i see missing out due to this regulation are homestay students (young adults who go stay with a family while going to school). But ah well, you cant please everyone.
indiaregulator Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 this just confirms what i always believed' date='Britain=pakistan.[/quote'] Spot the retard.
cowboysfan Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Spot the retard. lets see -britain filled with pakis and turning into a police state(if not already).
Sachinism Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 TBH, if you ignore the techie group, most children are more proficient with softwares than their parents are by the time they are hitting puberty and interested in porn. As for being in a porn-watcher's list, quit fooling yourself. If you watch porn, you are already on some list of some government agency. So too if you do more shopping through ebay than the local home hardware. Big brother keeps tabs on all of us, its either one pretext or another. overall, i don't know how much of a difference it will make because this may just re-start the whole proxy server style IP masking of the 90s. or it may actually work. Its worth a shot though because when your 7 year old daughter types in 'Prince Albert' in google, she doesnt need to see the penis ring that also shares the same name. So far, the only people i see missing out due to this regulation are homestay students (young adults who go stay with a family while going to school). But ah well, you cant please everyone. Sorry but every ISP offers nanny-protection. Every search engine offers moderate safe searches. But hey lets block out the whole internet. It doesn't require much tech knowledge from the parents to agree to have these safety measures switched on. How is this any different from Pakistan banning youtube because 'they' want to control what information you have access to? I don't feel its right that I have to call up my ISP and ask "Please sir, can I have some porn?" The biggest issue is something like this just can't be done. How can you have real-time monitoring of every page on the internet? Its not difficult to post a picture of boobs on twitter, shall we block off Twitter as well? Are they gonna do a mass-block of anything that can be seen as a potential risk to children? We're protecting the kids who already snap-chatting their genitals to each other anyway
daryl1985 Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 this just confirms what i always believed' date='Britain=pakistan.[/quote'] Yes i agree.
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