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[ NNSquad ] UK moving ahead with ISP-based default censorship
UK moving ahead with ISP-based default censorship
http://j.mp/Wt8koX (ars technica)
Save the children! UK Prime Minister David Cameron wants porn filters
to come on, by default, in any British houses that have children in
them. "A silent attack on innocence is underway in our country today,
and I am determined that we fight it with all we've got," wrote
Cameron in today's Daily Mail.
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And this will also be very handy for cutting off politically
inconvenient sites, images, and ideas as well -- remember the guy
arrested in the UK recently for posting a photo of a flower being
burned? You can bet Her Majesty's government has much bigger
censorship plans for this capability -- which, of course, will be
bypassed by proxies, VPNs, and other widely known technologies -- more
likely known to the kids than their parents!
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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