Plan to block porn sites
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38037220

Yes, kids should be proected from porn, but is this the right way to go?

Yeah, like people will willingly give their credit card details to a porn site. And UK government giving porn sites access to the Electoral Register? :dozey:

The Great Censorship starts. Or is that "continues". :confused:

Re: Plan to block porn sites
 

its the parents job to check what kids are doing -and why 18 to watch porn why not 16 .

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isn't the porn filter already opt-out on all major ISPs. I guess that idea didn't work :/

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The best porn filter is decent parenting ,the government wouldn't need to interfere if some parents actually paid attention to their offspring

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Parenting is the only effective measure unfortunately there are many parents who wont do well. however trying to block porn though it maybe with the best intentions ( I have doubts about the intentions ) . will fail the parent who see this as good and will help them will find that the very knowledge that there are blocked / banned things out there will lead the curios to bypass any block or filter with little effort.

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Because no teenager will be able to get round this in approximately five seconds flat

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Don't be silly they are not that intelligent when it comes to the internet and circumventing blocks!:D

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It makes me shudder some of the technical naivety that comes from our political assembly.

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The thing is that these are simple questions that can be asked of experts.

If any restrictions are put in place, it won't take long for people to use Google to find ways around them.

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I know of a very intelligent 9yr old who can get around blocks in a few seconds.

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Just because we can't stop all, doesn't mean we shouldn't try to stop some.

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I'm rather surprised at this comment Hugh if I'm honest, considering we both work in a similar role.

I would of thought the 'Not everything can be fixed with a technical solution' would resonate here quite strongly ?

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Ah you know what happens when we introduce "expert views" even to members of CF

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Some of what though? It won't stop any of those that actually need to be stopped.

Re: Plan to block porn sites
 

The Pirate Bay???