UK to have "opt out" Porn filters

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Yes you can. You must live in a nice upmarket area? There are no laws against drinking in public in this country except local by-laws (e.g. alcohol restricted zones). There are laws which apply to drunken behaviour.

This is a valid point, but if the end result is opt out censorship, it's much the same thing... I also can't see it working, unless it's brought in as actual legislation. The big ISPs will be the losers as some customers migrate to the smaller ISPs. Seems like "politics" and nothing more.

Maybe the point is to change the norm?

I'm OK with that, if the norm to be changed is that parents with young children lock down their nets.

As to drinking in public - I live in a fairly impoverished area, that's probably why we're not allowed to do anything.

So in what way is making government policy unaccountable a good thing?

Well, it's not a law - so all that has to happen is the government ignores when the ISP's turn it off due to public opinion. Of course, public opinion probably won't turn against the filters.

[Montmorency]

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[Slyspy]

Maybe the point is to change the norm?
Well, it's not a law - so all that has to happen is the government ignores when the ISP's turn it off due to public opinion. Of course, public opinion probably won't turn against the filters.

I would say that not enough people care either way about such filters. I do not like a government which works by under the table agreements.