That list is a blackmailer's dream. Anyone who applies to REMOVE this filter could be branded a pervert with the right spin.Casimir_Effect said:
And it WILL be leaked, I mean Diplomatic cables between US and UK have been leaked, that is one of THE MOST PROTECTED private information and it's all out there in the open. You think this list is safe? Dream on, the only way to keep it secret is to NOT HAVE IT!
Bullshit. If people want in then they will have to POSITIVELY opt in for this filtering and then ONLY if people actually think the Government censor is worth a damn at concealing boobies from curious 12 year old boys. I don't know why I am so surprised that the government would be so petty.
There is no substitute for keeping the family PC in a public place and having an un-deletable history. Then parents can KNOW when they have accessed porn and the best thing they can do is challenge the child over it and explain to them they are too young. You cannot shelter children their entire childhood, what happens when they get their own internet access later in life then they will not have learned any restraint!
What about considering that the overwhelming majority of ISP users don't have any children around who could use them? Remember it's only really boys between about 11 and 15 where this is a problem. Does the government REALLY need to resort to draconian censorship to stop a 16 year old seeing naked ladies on the internet if they can actually have full on sex at that age?!?!
Going by recent Census it seems there is only 1 million who qualify to be "at risk" and considering most families have children relatively close together most of that male age-range are living in the same household. +22 million households in the UK.
So this broad "opt out" law is to target less than 4% of relevant households.
The idea that this should be "opt out" is patently ridiculous.
+96% of households this will not serve any purpose and be nothing but an impediment and an embarrassing liability is requesting to "opt out" being branded on a "porn list".
I have zero fucking faith in the government, they will as per usual be ineffective in not blocking relevant sites (false sense of security) and going too far in blocking sites undeservedly. It will go beyond porn, the government will play granny to the nation saying "oooh, I wouldn't let MY child go on that site". They WILL treat the population as if they are naughty little boys.
ALL of this hinges on whether opt-in or opt-out.
Opt in makes this an interesting service for the UK govt to supply, though in which case why does the government even have to be there? Surely the ISPs can judge what is pornography. When the Australian government did this it ended up with 95% of blocked sites being of political rather than pornographic basis.
Frankly I find this "opt out" idea as bad as every driving licence being an "opt out" for organ donation. That was a horrible idea, the idea that people actually have to fill out paperwork to claim THEIR OWN ORGANS when they die.
"Opt out" laws should be made illegal/unconstitutional as they are so blatantly exploitative.
