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Originally Posted by Nor
Front page of the mirror said "Killed by the Internet" or something. Its just ridiculous tabloid rubbish. I do agree in tighter regulation. The ISPs should get their act together and remove alot of the terrible stuff from the net.
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The problem with the tabloids is that the internet is competition for them so they are quite happy to sl@g** it off at the slightest oppurtunity. Just look at the quality of some of their websites. Pitiful.
The only thing an ISP can physically remove is content on their own subscriber's homepages or postings/access to their own newsgroup servers.
We don't hold the post office or telephone companies responsbile for the actions of other people so I don't see why should ISPs have all of this burden placed on them. Perhaps a better reporting system for the public is needed so that it is easier to make the law aware of illegal websites and get them shut down. However, there is more to the internet than the just web (Usenet, FTP, P2P, IRC etc) so it is not an easy task especially since it is global.
**Edit: I can't beleive the word "sl_a_g" was autocensored in this post!
Ironic isn't it. Just proves that trying to control nasty internet content will often end up affecting innocent content.