Uk Government wants to make Uk Internet the "safest place in the world to go online"

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The government has today announced a “major new drive on internet safety” for which it will enlist the world's largest technology companies in order to make the UK the “safest place in the world for young people to go online.”

Going online is serious business for young people, who can now encounter every flavour of evil that humanity produces without even leaving their homes — something which wouldn't have been possible for their parents watching the BBC in the '70s. To this end, those parents are concerned, and to that end, the government is concerned.

After much collaboration on counter-terror activities, Facebook, Twitter and Apple will be among the corporations the government is set to call to contribute to the protection of children in the face of those frightening online phenomena which their parents may not understand, including sexting, bullying, sites discussing self-harm, and information about eating disorders.

These problems, which no generation has had to face before, will be solved in the new initiative headed by culture secretary Karen Bradley. Bradley will be leading the government's inter-departmental charge on behalf of the Prime Minister, and will ultimately be producing a consultation green paper on future policy, potentially to be published this summer, although government hasn't been making promises lately, because of distracting cat videos the Brexit.

Whatever those policies may be, they will join those in the Digital Economy Bill, which is currently going through Parliament and seeks to introduce age checks for those visiting naughty websites so as to prevent under-18s from watching porn – with powers to block sites which refuse to comply.

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[xChurch]

I'd rather the parents just learn about the "frightening online phenomena" and how to deal with it rather than the government stepping in. If your kid is looking up stuff you don't want them too, and you don't know how to deal with it, it's on you, not the government.

[Theodarzna]

UK Internet soon to be least fun or interesting internet in the world.

[Acidbaron]

I'm not opposed to more control especially for kids and young adults who can face more serious consequences for their online behavior, far more than what ever we had when younger.

While at the same time being cautious of having more "big brother"

[Stacyrect]

So in other words just like China?

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Ah, censorship under the guise of "the greater good".
We've all seen what kind of "protection" they mean with their recent censorships.

[Deleted]

So in other words just like China?

Or they could go a little bit more lenient and just be like MMO-Champion.

[Deleted]

I dont think there would be anything wrong with giving parents more/better tools to control what their kids see on the internet, dont know how it would work however, blanket banning websites / topics usually doesn't work, unless they plan to go the route of limiting the internet for everyone and only allow people in the UK to view approved websites.

[Medusa Cascade]

I dont think there would be anything wrong with giving parents more/better tools to control what their kids see on the internet, dont know how it would work however, blanket banning websites / topics usually doesn't work, unless they plan to go the route of limiting the internet for everyone and only allow people in the UK to view approved websites.

Wouldn't work anyway unless they ban proxies/VPN

[Revi]

Good parental-control options are great, just don't force it on the adults.

[Stacyrect]

Or they could go a little bit more lenient and just be like MMO-Champion.

Pretty much. Mods can be bad sometimes, they are after all human. I'd venture to say a portion of the posters here are far worse in that they automatically discredit anything which is outside of the standard echo chamber.

[Woadnson]

Parental controls are not what they're suggesting, they're making an "age verification regulator" appointed by the Secretary of State whose job will be to... well, regulate access to sites (and the existence of said sites) and their availability within the UK's internet reach.

If you'd like to see the current draft (makes for terrible legal jargon reading if that's not your thing), here;
https://services.parliament.uk/bills...aleconomy.html

[sonololo]

So, I guess I shouldn't move to UK if I want to keep my access to e621?

Gosh.

[Noradin]

All this will achieve is more data collection and spying on the adults.