Porn sites could be blocked by ISPs under new UK rules

[serenka]

Isn't the point to try and make porn sites add the button if they want to be available in the UK?

yeah sorry i think i misunderstood what you meant in your post.


its dumb, its not going to ban any porn sites, its not going to stop anyone viewing porn, it really is just to appease a certain set of voters that think this is a bigger deal than it actually is.

[Kalis]

You would assume that the UK Government would want more than "You 18? Ok/No" for age verification.

I doubt May really gives a toss, best to put up some half arsed legislation to pay lip service to family values and have done with it.

Its the E.U's fault!

Doesn't really make sense, as the likes of the Express and Mail would be campaigning for this sort of thing, not against it.

[kail]

There's always google images, reddit, imgur, even Youtube. Internet access comes with porn, nowhere is safe.

[JohnBrown1917]

I suppose that is the problem with electing the tories, eh?

[Masark]

to ban porn you would censorship like in china and korea scale

What precisely leads to you believe that is not what your current government wants?

[tikcol]

The beginning of the bloody end if you ask me, stop trying to mess with my fapping time

[Allatar]

Wasn't there a similar hoo-ha when ISPs were made to create an opt-in rule for porn for new customers signing up for services? Rules like this risk blocking websites that offer advisory services on things like sexuality and sexual health, which imo should most definitely not be age restricted.

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I suppose that is the problem with electing the tories, eh?

From the Business Insider UK: "Free speech advocates will be disappointed to discover that the proposed law has support among both Conservative and Labour MPs".

Nothing like blind political dogma to keep the fires burning, eh?

[Vargur]

Freaky, Lewd Nudes of Sexy Dudes is more my cup of coffee.

hah, gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

[Very Tired]

Doesn't the UK already have a rule that blocks all porn sites until you call and ask for them to unblock it?

[Vargur]

The beginning of the bloody end if you ask me, stop trying to mess with my fapping time

Look, just get someone else to do it then.

[Flarelaine]

Can someone tell me why its harmful for children to view pornography?

I mean unless on tumblr it's kinda hard to accidentally stumble on a hardcore porn site.

My daughter regularly searches for anything related to her favourite cartoons on Youtube. Seems innocent enought, right? Right until it throws hardcore porn into the face of a 10-year old who was actually searching for My Little Pony. Yeah, pervs do that with the name of just about any franchise that is popular enough.

At that age, they do freak out at that stuff.

[tikcol]

Look, just get someone else to do it then.

Everyone knows fapping is a solo job, If I want sex I'll find sex

sex # fapping


Are you 12?

[Deleted]

Why isn't good parenting the better option . . .

There is simply no way to completely prevent children to see/access this kind of content on the internet.

Imo, it should all be behind a barrier/paywall.

[Allatar]

Doesn't the UK already have a rule that blocks all porn sites until you call and ask for them to unblock it?

That law only applies to customers signing up to an ISP for the first time: they have to give you the option as a new customer, not as an existing one.

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Imo, it should all be behind a barrier/paywall.

Technically it is as you have to pay for internet access, so the question is relevant: parents need to stop using electronic devices as a passive way to keep their kids quiet without the need for them to get involved themselves.

[Soxoffender]

You would assume that the UK Government would want more than "You 18? Ok/No" for age verification.

You're talking about a government that was previously led by a guy who said “[I]n our country, do we want to allow a means of communication between people which we cannot read?" They're also about to make law a bill that will force ISPs to store all Internet Connection Records for UK IPs but which doesn't appear to have even considered VPNs or Tor (which will scupper all this data collection at source).

I'm not sure they've thought any of this through beyond the headlines.

They're actually going further than just age restricting, they're outright banning sites that don't restrict certain content:
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...et-pornography

[Deleted]

There is simply no way to completely prevent children to see/access this kind of content on the internet.

Imo, it should all be behind a barrier/paywall.

So how would this work then? Force adults to show their ID to Google, Deviantart, Tumblr, Reddit, Instagram? Or /any/ community that has user-generated content?

[Medusa Cascade]

Most of the hentai sites I frequent don't have age verification D:

[Trassk]

There is simply no way to completely prevent children to see/access this kind of content on the internet.

Imo, it should all be behind a barrier/paywall.

fuck that noise, the internet lets you view content from movies to tv to comic books for free from the right websites, why would porn be made into a pay to view thing when its been there free all this time.

[Azadina]

I hate all of this political correctness. I have to put in a password to watch films rated 12 and over on Virgin media so kids cant watch them. THERE ARE NO KIDS IN MY HOUSE!

Funny how that particular "pc" comes from conservative puritans.

[Trassk]

"The government wants to limit children having access to porn".

The government wants to limit access to porn for everyone, and like you would expect the old fart tories to do, wants to draw back the culture another 50 years. News flash Theresa May you sagging old bitch, we had porn before the internet, shops and phone services, and we're overcome this one even easier.

Also, when the NSPCC says shit like:

The NSPCC said an entire generation of children was at risk of being "stripped of their childhoods" through exposure to pornography at a young age.

I'm no longer donating to this crocked charity.