Topic: UK BANS PRON TO PROTECT CHILDREN

[Align]

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/all-internet-porn-will-be-blocked-to-protect-children-under-uk-government-plan/story-e6frfkui-1225973481287
Or well, you can opt-in and nothing will have changed...
Still dumb though.

[Hypershell]

So, parental controls are on instead of off by default, and this is news-worthy?

It's about as big a deal as Windows Firewall.  They're both ineffective, inconvenient pieces of crap that are left on by default to provide some half-assed protection for idiots, but are still user-controlled in the end.


"The new initiative is in advance of the imminent convergence of the internet and television on one large screen in the living room."
I don't see how that's at all relevant.  If anything it probably helps the "protect the children" issue; seeings how in most households the living room TV is a generally less secluded place than the computer.

[Gaia]

Eh, not news to me. It'll go underground just like with Jap hentai porn. It looks like banning porn to protect children has become trendy this time of year. Let them come to Subby's okekai page, let them come.

[Sub Tank]

So in other words they turned off the entire internet?

[Align]

Yeah I'm not sure how they're planning to pull it off, practically speaking.

[AquaTeamV3]

It's a good idea in theory, but I don't see how something like this'll get pulled off.  That's gotta be something that'll be hard to stay on top of, and I'd imagine that some legit stuff would get blocked in the process.

[Hiryu]

WHY YOU THINK THE NET WAS BORN? PORN PORN POOORN.

[Sub Tank]

I think the UK should ban children to protect porn.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

I think the UK should ban children to protect porn.

I second this sentiment.

[Girla PurpleHeart]

Even though porn is not even banned in the UK, people can still get access to porn bypassing the filter.