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  1. 07-30-2013, 15:04 #12
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    Default Re: UK to have "opt out" Porn filters

    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
    This is the ISP's, not the "State".
    Not the state?
    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
    David Cameron has persuaded the four biggest ISP's in the UK to move to "opt out" filters for pornography rather than "opt in" ones.
    Quote Originally Posted by BBC Article
    [Cameron] also warned he could have to "force action" by changing the law and that, if there were "technical obstacles", firms should use their "greatest brains" to overcome them.
    How exactly is this not state intervention? Cameron has clearly played the "regulate yourselves or we'll do it for you" card.
    Last edited by caravel; 07-30-2013 at 15:07.
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