Goverment plans to block porn for UK

[Diggler69]

Quite surprised no one has commented on this!

You will only be able to view porn online if you write to your ISP and the default no porn filter is turned off

If you earn a living in this industry wouldn't that mean your prime means of promotion, distribution and sales dissappears overnight

Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children Government wants BT, Virgin and other internet providers to put access to pornography on 'opt-in' basis

From a political point of view this is an absolute no-brainer

We are protecting children and you would have to be either mentally retarded and or a paedophile to think that a 10 year old child should have access to HC porn

Only problem is when you look a bit deeper there are a few problems

Like the music, film, etc industries the government are taking the route of "ok we have a problem with the internet Hey ISP's can solve are problems"

Their proposals are ISP's block porn on all internet connections by default and the accnt holder has to specifically request access to porn

Simply hey problem solved

Some problems i have with this plan

1. Apparently some of the various groups who have been campaigning for this include people who believe
Sex education for children is wrong and should never happen
Condom advertizments should not be allowed
No gay characters should ever be portrayed in for eg: Eastenders as that is in effect promoting "a perverted lifestyle" as normal

Not the sort of people i want deciding what is appropriate for me or anyone!

2. Technically the idea that ISP's can effectively block porn only confirms my view that politicians know nothing about the internet. Kids will soon learn how to circumvent any imperfect form of censorship

3. On a more general objection AFAIK there are no serious studies which have shown that early exposure to porn causes damage to young children.
Whereas there are numerous studies that show a life long diet high in salt, sugar, fat etc will ensure early death and the individual being far more likely to suffer from God only knows how many perventable illnesses and cost the NHS billions

So if you want to "Protect the kids" why not target all those food manufacturers who make food high in salt, fat, and sugar then package it in a way which appeals to kids, advertise in between childrens programs etc and do everything they can to get children "hooked" on this type of diet

Simple you cannot buy this type of food unless you sign some sort of declaration which in effect says as a parent feeding this to kids means you want them to die young

This would never happen the perfectly legitimate but dirty porn industry can be treated in this way but respectable industries oh no

[Twingo]

[quote]Quite surprised no one has commented on this![/quote]

They did a few weeks back, there were about 3-4 different topics posted.

[Diggler69]

Whoops my bad apologies !blush!

[one eyed jack]

Love the headline though.

Makes it sound like they're shutting down the evil nasty porn for good.

Ha!

[Diggler69]

Yeah it's a great headline but again it does rather beg the question of would such draconian measures be even considered for any other legal, tax paying, revenue, employment, export generating industry
I somehow think not!

[one eyed jack]

And you'd be right for thinking so too Diggler.

[Diggler69]

It's also rather sad that Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries has less knowledge of how the internet works than a computer savvy 10 year old. Just proves that being a cretin and an MP are not mutually exclusive !tears!

[krisman]

I wouldn't exactly be in a big hurry to believe anything you read in the Guardian anyway. They've got a massive agenda of their own and are about the most preachy of all the left wing papers.


Let's also not forget they're the only paper in UK history to spell their own name wrong on an issue that went to press haha

[jj]

Diggler69 wrote:
> It's also rather sad that Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture,
> Communications and Creative Industries has less knowledge of
> how the internet works than a computer savvy 10 year old.
Which is why this is all so much hogwash: and anyway, the technology will always
outstrip the legislation. The Internet genie won't fit back into its bottle- for
better, or worse.

> Just proves that being a cretin and an MP are not mutually exclusive
The evidence seems to suggest that cretinism is mandatory.

[Diggler69]

Ok so maybe use Google and see that the Daily Mail

Porn, keep out! Parents to be allowed to block computers from receiving sexual imagery

The Sunday Times and Christ knows how many websites, news agencies etc are all reporting the same story

Just because you don't like The Grauniad doesn't mean they are innacurate