The UK Prime Minister is proposing a number of changes to UK internet legislation. The intention is to try to restrict access to images depicting child abuse. The key points being picked up by the media are:
I'm concerned by these developments because it seems to me that it will have little or no impact on the distribution of images depicting child abuse (this is done peer-to-peer) but will allow the government to effectively control what we see over the internet. Presumably access to adult content will rely on websites being flagged as containing adult content. If the government wants to restrict access and/or reduce the audience for a website critical to the government all it needs to do is have the site flagged as an adult site.
I know I'm coming over all tinfoil hat but I'm also worried that if search engines are instructed to return no results if certain search terms are used, the phrases "Government Corruption" or "GCHQ Prism" could be added to teh list.
In short, I think it won't do what it's being billed to have been introduced for but will have a range of useful benefits. I hope some MPs have the guts to oppose this on civil liberties grounds at the risk of being labelled as Paedophile enablers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076
- ISPs will have to restrict access to adult content by default. Users will have to request access to adult content
- Search engines will have to restrict access to certain search terms and either return no search results or even report to the authorities that such a search has been made
I'm concerned by these developments because it seems to me that it will have little or no impact on the distribution of images depicting child abuse (this is done peer-to-peer) but will allow the government to effectively control what we see over the internet. Presumably access to adult content will rely on websites being flagged as containing adult content. If the government wants to restrict access and/or reduce the audience for a website critical to the government all it needs to do is have the site flagged as an adult site.
I know I'm coming over all tinfoil hat but I'm also worried that if search engines are instructed to return no results if certain search terms are used, the phrases "Government Corruption" or "GCHQ Prism" could be added to teh list.
In short, I think it won't do what it's being billed to have been introduced for but will have a range of useful benefits. I hope some MPs have the guts to oppose this on civil liberties grounds at the risk of being labelled as Paedophile enablers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076
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