[97370] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UK ISPs v. US ISPs (was RE: Network Level Content Blocking)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Smith)
Mon Jun 11 09:42:03 2007
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:31:27 +0930
From: Mark Smith <nanog@fa1c52f96c54f7450e1ffb215f29991e.nosense.org>
To: Keegan.Holley@sungard.com
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OF9BDC6C32.EB3699FF-ON852572F5.0075D49A-852572F5.0076DE91@sungard.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 17:38:20 -0400
Keegan.Holley@sungard.com wrote:
> IMHO, unless it's something blatantly illegal such as kiddie porn and the
> like I don't think content filtering is the responsibility of the ISP's.
> Besides all of the conspiracy theories that are bound to surface, I think
> forcing ISP's to block content is a bit like forcing car makers to police
> what can be played on the radio. I think that giving parents the option
> of manually turning off porn sites would be an improvement. Although
> still not within the responsibility of the ISP they are in the best place
> to implement such a technology. However, I don't like the idea of a
> mandatory global traffic filtering initiative.
>
>
I think in the home is the best place to implement the technology - a
power switch or BIOS password.
Here is a true analogy. My father worked for a TV station, so you'd
think we'd have the TV on all the time, yet right through up until
after I left high school, my parents wanted to limit my TV watching ...
significantly.
How did they do it ?
(a) they didn't buy a TV set and put it in my bedroom - the TV was in a
common area of the house i.e. the lounge and/or dining room
(b) they didn't allow me to watch the TV unsupervised
So what I don't understand is why parents put computers in their
childrens' bedrooms and don't supervise their children's Internet use.
Substituting a piece of filting software that won't ever do as good a
job as a parent in enforcing parental responsibility is just bad
parenting in my opinion, and not the responsiblity of government or
ISPs.
Regards,
Mark.
--
"Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly
alert."
- Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"
