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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Cameron's internet filter goes far beyond porn -
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Mon Dec 23 12:49:32 2013
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:25:43 -0800
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Cameron's internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that was always the plan
http://j.mp/1idYTHN (New Statesman)
Working through secretive negotiations with ISPs, the coalition has
put in place a set of filters and restrictions as ambitious as
anything this side of China, dividing the internet into 'acceptable'
and 'unacceptable' categories, and cutting people off from huge
swathes of it at the stroke of a key. "As well as pornography, users
may automatically be opted in to blocks on "violent material",
"extremist related content", "anorexia and eating disorder websites"
and "suicide related websites", "alcohol" and "smoking". But the list
doesn't stop there. It even extends to blocking "web forums" and
"esoteric material", whatever that is. "Web blocking circumvention
tools" is also included, of course." And the restrictions go further
still. Over the weekend, people were appalled to discover that BT
filters supported homophobia, with a category blocking, "sites where
the main purpose is to provide information on subjects such as respect
for a partner, abortion, gay and lesbian lifestyle, contraceptive,
sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy."
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