BBC News - MP calls for pornography 'opt-in' to protect children
I like the idea of the internet being safer for kids however I believe this MPs naivety of how the internet is not different from shops and tv channels is her undoing.
The internet is a different animal all together.
There are so many millions of sites, servers, services, web pages and if you want to create a new site then it can be up and running (sometimes) within hours or even minutes.
To compare this to a shop keeper selling porn mags or a cinema screen I think is lying to yourself.
I do not see how ISPs can block all porn sites unless of course the porn sites all conform to that new idea of www. porn-site-name-here. xxx
The xxx instead of .com
Well at least I think I remember reading that?
Anyways!
What do you guys think?
For me I believe it is not down to the ISPs as they should IMO remain as impartial as possible with the traffic they are transferring across their network.
Instead a government run scheme for those software bundles that block unsafe sites and sites that would be unsuitable for kids.
I like the idea of the internet being safer for kids however I believe this MPs naivety of how the internet is not different from shops and tv channels is her undoing.
"We already successfully regulate British TV channels, cinema screens, High Street hoardings and newsagent shelves to stop children seeing inappropriate images and mobile phone companies are able to restrict access to adult material so why should the internet be any different?"
The internet is a different animal all together.
There are so many millions of sites, servers, services, web pages and if you want to create a new site then it can be up and running (sometimes) within hours or even minutes.
To compare this to a shop keeper selling porn mags or a cinema screen I think is lying to yourself.
I do not see how ISPs can block all porn sites unless of course the porn sites all conform to that new idea of www. porn-site-name-here. xxx
The xxx instead of .com
Well at least I think I remember reading that?
Anyways!
What do you guys think?
For me I believe it is not down to the ISPs as they should IMO remain as impartial as possible with the traffic they are transferring across their network.
Instead a government run scheme for those software bundles that block unsafe sites and sites that would be unsuitable for kids.