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Offline Graham

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David Cameron limits access to pornography
« on: July 25, 2013, 09:12:16 AM »
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    Most households in the UK will have pornography blocked by their internet provider unless they choose to receive it, David Cameron has announced.

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    Other measures announced by the prime minister included:

    - New laws so videos streamed online in the UK will be subject to the same restrictions as those sold in shops
    - Search engines having until October to introduce further measures to block illegal content
    - Experts from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre being given more powers to examine secretive file-sharing networks
    - A secure database of banned child pornography images gathered by police across the country will be used to trace illegal content and the paedophiles viewing it

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    "I'm not making this speech because I want to moralise or scaremonger, but because I feel profoundly as a politician, and as a father, that the time for action has come. This is, quite simply, about how we protect our children and their innocence."



    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076

    Do any English posters know more about this? What will be the practical effects of this law? Will pornography access realistically decrease and will children be protected, or will it merely serve to extend the powers of the internet police?
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    David Cameron limits access to pornography
    « Reply #1 on: July 26, 2013, 04:58:17 AM »
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    • Well. In essence, as I barely use the Internet aside from here and a few other Catholic things (Mass times) and I treat my computer as a glorified typewriter, I can't tell you very much about it.  

    Personally, I cannot see anything which does not deserve my heartiest commendation in this particular law, although it is utterly inadequate.

    It comes at a time when Britain is sliding into a cesspool - no, it slid a long time ago, when it's finally drowning, impure and pornographic books (e.g. Oscar Wilde) are widely sold in this country, as well as impure images under cover of 'art'. 'Sex education', approval of fornication and ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity and the collapse of the marriage tie may well be more advanced here than with you. I was surprised that David 'fαɢɢօt-marriage' Cameron would pass such a law.

    The forcible closure of all shops peddling impure material, the burning of literally hundreds of books and the destruction of hundreds of 'artworks', followed bythe reinstatement of the Lord Chamberlain's court would be required.
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    David Cameron limits access to pornography
    « Reply #2 on: July 26, 2013, 05:49:21 AM »
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    Most households in the UK will have pornography blocked by their internet provider unless they choose to receive it, David Cameron has announced.

    [...]

    Other measures announced by the prime minister included:

    - New laws so videos streamed online in the UK will be subject to the same restrictions as those sold in shops
    - Search engines having until October to introduce further measures to block illegal content
    - Experts from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre being given more powers to examine secretive file-sharing networks
    - A secure database of banned child pornography images gathered by police across the country will be used to trace illegal content and the paedophiles viewing it

    [...]

    "I'm not making this speech because I want to moralise or scaremonger, but because I feel profoundly as a politician, and as a father, that the time for action has come. This is, quite simply, about how we protect our children and their innocence."



    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076

    Do any English posters know more about this? What will be the practical effects of this law? Will pornography access realistically decrease and will children be protected, or will it merely serve to extend the powers of the internet police?


    On face value it appears to be good.  Lots of people won't contact their ISP to have the restriction lifted, simply out of sheer embarrassment, and that will make casual viewing of porn more difficult.

    In addition free wireless in public places, one would assume, would be blocked to porn 97% of the time, one would imagine.

    The curious 15 year old living at home with his parents will be restricted by this law.  The absolutely determined will not of course.

    I don't see that it extends the powers, other than they have restricted rape porn.  All they are doing is blocking by default.  I could see in five or ten years time a government restricting access to Stormfront and the like unless one opted in.  I.e. they would equate hate speech with porn.
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    David Cameron limits access to pornography
    « Reply #3 on: July 31, 2013, 05:51:04 AM »
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    • Good for them.
     :applause: :applause: :applause:
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