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There is a petition here about the government's adult content internet filter that will be coming to everybody in the UK's internet connection unless they opt out by October this year.
http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-government-specified-internet-filtering-and-search-blacklisting?source=facebook-share-button&time=1375177110
They called it a porn filter designed to keep children safe of the net. It's is more than that. Here's just a few of the things that are likely to be included in the filter.
Categories of materials that may be blocked include violent material, extremist related content, anorexia and eating disorder websites, suicide related websites, alcohol, smoking, and even web forums and so-called "esoteric material" (see http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-07/27/pornwall). Cameron's proposed filters extend to more than just porn (Wired UK) www.wired.co.uk
Using search terms to block these things will result in help websites potentially being blocked. Also who gets to decide what is extreme? and esoteric material - how do you even begin to classify that one?
I mean if you take it literally you could ban all the news websites - after all they all seem to have information about terrorism and crime on them. Surely that must encourage people to commit similar crimes?
They wouldn't touch the news sites at the moment, but it wouldn't surprise me if sites like the BBC and ITV started to produce a family friendly news site - after all a lot of children find what's going on in the new distressing. Newspapers online have been looking for a reason to charge per view, what better reason than making the content age restricted?
It's protecting children and helping businesses, so it's good for the economy. What's not to like? (Sarcasm goes here.)
http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-government-specified-internet-filtering-and-search-blacklisting?source=facebook-share-button&time=1375177110
They called it a porn filter designed to keep children safe of the net. It's is more than that. Here's just a few of the things that are likely to be included in the filter.
Categories of materials that may be blocked include violent material, extremist related content, anorexia and eating disorder websites, suicide related websites, alcohol, smoking, and even web forums and so-called "esoteric material" (see http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-07/27/pornwall). Cameron's proposed filters extend to more than just porn (Wired UK) www.wired.co.uk
Using search terms to block these things will result in help websites potentially being blocked. Also who gets to decide what is extreme? and esoteric material - how do you even begin to classify that one?
I mean if you take it literally you could ban all the news websites - after all they all seem to have information about terrorism and crime on them. Surely that must encourage people to commit similar crimes?
They wouldn't touch the news sites at the moment, but it wouldn't surprise me if sites like the BBC and ITV started to produce a family friendly news site - after all a lot of children find what's going on in the new distressing. Newspapers online have been looking for a reason to charge per view, what better reason than making the content age restricted?
It's protecting children and helping businesses, so it's good for the economy. What's not to like? (Sarcasm goes here.)