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UK Will Soon Be Blocking Online Porn
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Starting in August, the
United Kingdom will begin blocking online porn, both in private homes and in public places, Prime Minister David Cameron said in a speech Monday.
A number of major providers that deliver Internet service to
nearly 90 percent of U.K. homes have agreed to put in place "family-friendly filters" that will block porn sites by default.
"This is, quite simply, about how we protect children and their innocence," Cameron said,
according to a transcript of the speech.
The good news for porn fans is that the filters are optional. Still, if users don't actively refuse them, they will automatically take effect.
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Well, good thing I don't live in the U.K.
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Way to bring down teenage pregnancy rates.
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Don't live in UK so not very interested in this. Doing this in my opinion is both a positive and a negative though.
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Oh Lord no. What is the world coming to?! They better keep that nonsense in the UK. America wont last 1 week without their porn! Real talk!
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The filter should be opt in, not opt out. This is absurd. Why should someone have to call in their ISP to turn off a filter? What is more awkward? To call in to ask them to turn the porn on or to call in and tell them to turn the porn off? There is a clear censorship agenda behind this.
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Originally Posted by
Wio
The filter should be opt in, not opt out. This is absurd. Why should someone have to call in their ISP to turn off a filter? What is more awkward? To call in to ask them to turn the porn on or to call in and tell them to turn the porn off? There is a clear censorship agenda behind this.
I think that may be the point though.
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So? All you have to do is disable a filter. If you can't do that, you don't deserve porn to begin with.
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Originally Posted by
Wio
The filter should be opt in, not opt out. This is absurd. Why should someone have to call in their ISP to turn off a filter? What is more awkward? To call in to ask them to turn the porn on or to call in and tell them to turn the porn off? There is a clear censorship agenda behind this.
Hey can you turn the porn back on? Instant phone hang up.
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I dont live in the UK, but arent governments supposed to do stuff like pay pensions and build roads, not interfere with what people do on the internet in their own home?
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Oh god, it will probably happen soon here, my country is in the common wealth ;;
It's not so bad since you can opt out, but like Sera said they could concentrate on better things.
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Myeah, first they block ThePirateBay, now they're planning to block teh pr0nz. Next, they'll be blocking Google and instating their own local-friendly version which helps you search for your closest Sainsbury's and talk about the good qualities of earl grey and the Union Jack.
One step at a time, this country's becoming an Orwellian state of Big Brother paranoia. Not that this really bugs me too much because Oh hey, my Antivirus has a VPN which will totally defeat this thing just like it does the TPB ban. But eh, it's still worrying.
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Originally Posted by
Ranshiin
Myeah, first they block ThePirateBay, now they're planning to block teh pr0nz. Next, they'll be blocking Google and instating their own local-friendly version which helps you search for your closest Sainsbury's and talk about the good qualities of earl grey and the Union Jack.
One step at a time, this country's becoming an Orwellian state of Big Brother paranoia. Not that this really bugs me too much because Oh hey, my Antivirus has a VPN which will totally defeat this thing just like it does the TPB ban. But eh, it's still worrying.
Technically its only called the Union Jack out at sea.
To be honest this does not bother me one way or the other. So long as I can still watch my anime and order my anime figures as well I couldn't give a rats behind
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Originally Posted by
aether
Technically its only called the Union Jack out at sea.
To be honest this does not bother me one way or the other. So long as I can still watch my anime and order my anime figures as well I couldn't give a rats behind
I know like 3 britfags who want me to call in impersonating their dad on the day the bombs are dropped. I don't speak British.
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Originally Posted by
Wio
I know like 3 britfags who want me to call in impersonating their dad on the day the bombs are dropped. I don't speak British.
These days speaking British isn't so much being all classy-accented and with a monocle and tea, but more wearing your baseball hat sideways and shouting incomprehensibly at everyone who so much as gets in your range of comprehension.
So ... you're not missing much, innit like?
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Originally Posted by
Ranshiin
These days speaking British isn't so much being all classy-accented and with a monocle and tea, but more wearing your baseball hat sideways and shouting incomprehensibly at everyone who so much as gets in your range of comprehension.
So ... you're not missing much, innit like?
Hahahahahahahaha That is very very true.
But I for one prefer to speak with the Queen's English rather than what these youths use these days what not. *quietly sips tea whilst reading a newspaper*
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Originally Posted by
Ranshiin
These days speaking British isn't so much being all classy-accented and with a monocle and tea, but more wearing your baseball hat sideways and shouting incomprehensibly at everyone who so much as gets in your range of comprehension.
So ... you're not missing much, innit like?
Baseball? I thought it was all about the soccer. Or football as its called over there. And besides, that sounds like the behavior of a common Spurs fan.
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It is not really fully inaccessible. You just have to ask permission or have to get terms of agreement to access it.
And poor children.
Please sir, I want some porn.
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ul.../ku-medium.jpg
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Ok, before reading this post, play this music and begin reading slowly from 0:08.
http://youtu.be/D8zlUUrFK-M
Ready?
PORN
WILL
FIND
A
WAY.
When they banned pirate bay its UK numbers rose dramatically because the UK government sucks at technology. I expect a surge in porn after this. Semen will be falling from the sky.
You know what? Banning websites never bloody works. One of my friends got an E in computers for GCSE. The guy is currently working in China and is on facebook...all...the...time... If China can't stop him getting on facebook, what hope does the UK have of stopping porn?
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Originally Posted by
Rylingo
When they banned pirate bay its UK numbers rose dramatically because the UK government sucks at technology ... You know what? Banning websites never bloody works.
http://i44.tinypic.com/309n1jq.png
Yeah, the ban's not going to work.
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Originally Posted by
Rylingo
Ok, before reading this post, play this music and begin reading slowly from 0:08.
http://youtu.be/D8zlUUrFK-M
Ready?
PORN
WILL
FIND
A
WAY.
When they banned pirate bay its UK numbers rose dramatically because the UK government sucks at technology. I expect a surge in porn after this. Semen will be falling from the sky.
You know what? Banning websites never bloody works. One of my friends got an E in computers for GCSE. The guy is currently working in China and is on facebook...all...the...time... If China can't stop him getting on facebook, what hope does the UK have of stopping porn?
I just thought originally the music was to represent the view points that the UK government hold at the moment which are old and Jurassic and should never be revived.
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Originally Posted by
ZombieWolf2508
So? All you have to do is disable a filter. If you can't do that, you don't deserve porn to begin with.
This. Also why would that be awkward? You probably won't even know the person.
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Quick save all the pornographic material before its too late. Hahaha....
Ah its probably for the best though, I can see a lot of negatives of doing such an act. Oh well, if it turns out for the best then the government did something right for once, if not then more reason enough not to trust them. Ether way, a lot of jokes can be made here.
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Originally Posted by
galaco
This. Also why would that be awkward? You probably won't even know the person.
The problem is that it's meant to be awkward. It's meant to be awkward because Maggie Thatcher 2.0 thinks it's wrong. His bum chum, Claire Perry certainly thinks anyone who looks at porn is inherently evil. It's meant to be awkward because it's the first step. This is the wedge.
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*randomly popping in*
Am I the only one who thinks this may have a secret agenda that they want you to BUY more porn. Sex sells but the sex community isn't evolving on how to repackage their product. With the internet and free access to every porn imaginable the industry is taking a wallap. Maybe they think blocking the porn sites will get you to start buying the old fashion magazines, DVDs, and pay per view... you know... for the children.