UK to have "opt out" Porn filters

[caravel]

This is all about normalizing government censorship of the internet.

The whole porn issue is invented as a means to get the government's foot in the door in terms of beginning censorship with the support of righteous moralists who think it right all of society be forced into something to allegedly protect "the children".

Governments and bureaucrats, once granted an immense power - internet censorship - have never and will never simply stop at the initial extent of the law. They will always push for more power, more control, and more censorship (in this case) of things they deem bad. After all, if censorship of one thing is good, then surely they are other things they can censor for "the greater good".

I mean, look at the growth of the US security state for crying out loud.

CR

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I was wondering how this Puritans 19th Century Government would try to ban sex, after Alcohol and Cigarettes. Job done!

I doubt labour would have done much different... It's based on harnessing the emissions from morale outrage, bottling it and using it to win elections and at the time see how far the boundaries can be pushed with regard to censorship. Nothing new there.

It won't work of course, because people can use tor or other proxies, and of course they know that anyway, which is why this is tokenism at best. It's there to appease a certain type of tabloid reader and whether it works or not, there are people out there who are stupid enough to appreciate it.

Of course the answer to parents is simple: take some fecking responsibility. It's the same as letting your kid go and play on the railway lines or walk the streets at 2am - the ultimate responsibility lies with the parent to ensure that they know where they are and what they're doing. This kind of censorship simply perpetuates the culture of "it's up to the state to protect us from ourselves"...