Internet Censors Came For TorrentFreak & Now I’m Really Mad
Found on TorrentFreak on Tuesday, 07 January 2014
We recently discovered that thanks to Sky’s Broadband Shield filtering system, TorrentFreak is now blocked on one of the UK’s largest ISPs by users who think they are protecting their kids.
We are not scared to let anyone have their say and we embrace free speech. But apparently the people at Sky and their technology masters at Symantec believe that we should be denied our right to communicate on the basis that we REPORT NEWS about file-sharing issues.
First you claim that you need filters to fight terrorists, pirates and pedophiles. Once activated, you now and then let some innocent sites slip onto the blocklists so people get used to it and stop caring. Then you block those who don't agree with your views of the world. Voila, dictator created.