Online pornography to be blocked automatically, PM announces

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

by angersock • 13 years ago

28 9 13 years ago

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jrdn• 13 years ago

I'm wondering when a government is going to decide that clearly it knows best and take over parenting entirely.

adamnemecek• 13 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children

can't believe that people still fall for this shtick

conroy• 13 years ago

Not sure we need two stories on the front page, discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6081724

_b8r0• 13 years ago

It happens when an event of a certain size occurs. Heck, the whole of HN was filled with Aaron Swartz stories not too long ago. It'll pass.

vadivlkumar• 13 years ago

I second this decision. Porn should not be enabled by default from ISP. I have families ruined because of porn watching children/dads! They know how to bypass URL filtering etc.,

rathish_g• 13 years ago

Very soon there will be internet plans w/porn (with fair usage limit) and without (unlimited)

bifrost• 13 years ago

I expect a large uptick in VPN users from the UK...

felipepiresx• 13 years ago

seriously. DC is such a moralist. I hope everyone just start's using TOR and this whole thing backfires.

summerdown2• 13 years ago

Surely its a first step to banning TOR without explicitly saying so?

Online pornography to be blocked automatically, PM announces

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