UK Porn Filter: Censorship Extends Beyond Pornography, But One ISP Is Fighting Back
Found on International Business Times on Saturday, 27 July 2013
Cameron said the policy is aimed at combating child porn and the “corroding influences” of sexual content in the U.K., but several people are unhappy with the plan.
Users will also be required to opt in for any content tagged as violent, extremist, terrorist, anorexia and eating disorders, suicide, alcohol, smoking, web forums, esoteric material and web-blocking circumvention tools. These will all be filtered by default, and the majority of users never change default settings with online services.
What everybody has warned before is happening: claiming to protect the children the government is trying to establish a censorship system on a massive scale. How are you supposed to develop a personal opinion about various things when everything you'll see is censored and the only sources for the "bad" topics is government propaganda?