In April the UK will hilariously try to block & police internet content.. China style

Even China, a totalitarian state that has an almost infinite supply of money, cannot perfect their internet censorship to where it is not easily bypassed.

Of course we are supposed to just parrot that this is about keeping content away from children and that it is nothing at all similar to what goes on in China. Not at all. This is just age verification. That's it. Nothing to see here. Move along.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/porn-...erifcation-law

Please won't someone think of the children!!

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The changes for online pornography are being introduced under the Digital Economy Act. For the first time, he added, the government would have the power to block websites, en-masse, without court orders. “This is a first in a democracy,” he continued.

Not just about porn:

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“Although this appears to be just about protecting children from porn, it isn't. It will block any site that doesn't comply with strict UK content rules.”

The details:

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Here's everything we know so far Verification All pornography sites must use age-verification software of some kind to block under 18s from accessing their content. Regulations The British Board of Film and Classification (BBFC), will oversee the implementation of the regulations. Blocks Internet service providers will be forced to block any websites that do not comply and fines of £250,000, or five per cent of financial turnover, could be implemented

LMAO@ "all pornography sites". Have they started taking applications yet for that job? I want to view every single site on the internet and decide whether or not it is pornography...

Also, LMAO@ the "we aren't going to actually do anything we are just going to tell the ISPs that they have to do it... OR ELSE". How does the internet work? It's just a series of tubes right?



Apparently it has come out that one of the big names in the game has pushed for the law to try and force small players out of the industry:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/23/1...n-law-mindgeek


And now for the slippery slope:

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‘While BBFC say they will only block a few large sites that don’t use AV, there are tens of thousands of porn sites. Once MPs work out that AV is failing to make porn inaccessible, some will demand that more and more sites are blocked. BBFC will be pushed to block ever larger numbers of websites.’

http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/15/new-po...-know-7229364/






Okay so everyone who wants to view porn will have a list of what sites they go to tied to a credit card and/or an email address. Privacy much??

It's usually bad form to link to another board but there are some hilarious reactions and they have many UK members chiming in:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the...we-know.25775/

via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/2GJXI1F