Cameron the cock-block

[doodab]

Very few porn barons donate to the Conservative party

I'd bet a fair few avid consumers do though.

[DaveB]

Dacre to ‘opt’ for adult content so he can ‘check how disgusting it is’

[Sysman]

Dacre to ‘opt’ for adult content so he can ‘check how disgusting it is’

This sums it up well:

Prime minister David Cameron has announced that internet users will have to ‘unblock’ pornography in a bid to stop children with smartphones taking about five minutes to get round it and then sharing it with all their friends.

[d000hg]

You don't think it will apply to phone operators too?

[TheFaQQer]

You don't think it will apply to phone operators too?

Not initially.

In the same way that the Digital Economy Act doesn't - they will have to get the big ISPs to do it first, but mobiles and small ISPs won't have to do it on cost and feasibility grounds.

Anyone who can use a VPN or proxy server will be fine though.

[d000hg]

Aren't mobile phone operators pretty big in the ISP world... Orange, Vodafone, O2 are hardly small fry!

Can phones be set to use proxies?

[proggy]

Here's an idea, how about letting the parent be responsible for what the kids look at blocking porn etc. Does this mean I have to using the littlewoods catalogue underwear section again?

[TheFaQQer]

Aren't mobile phone operators pretty big in the ISP world... Orange, Vodafone, O2 are hardly small fry!

It's in terms of suspected levels of infringement versus the cost of implementation, or it was with the DEA - and if they are exempt from that then why shouldn't they be exempt from this? (or conversely, if they are included in this, then why can't they be covered by the DEA?)

Can phones be set to use proxies?

Yes. Google Chrome now includes an option to use Google servers as a proxy, or there are a number of apps which would do the same thing.

[TheFaQQer]

The twat was talking about making “companies like Google prevent such search results. They are clever so they can find a solution…” Does twat Cameron think that all search engines are under his power? I don’t think Yandex will listen to him.

More relevantly, does he think that people find the abhorrent images just be searching on Google Images???

If they did that, then he's right to have slashed the CEOP budget by 10% because their job just got a whole lot easier. But, of course, he isn't - and trying to hype this up whilst at the same time cutting the budget is pretty shameful in my opinion.

But at least it's stopped people taking about Lynton Crosby for a while.

[VectraMan]

Aren't mobile phone operators pretty big in the ISP world... Orange, Vodafone, O2 are hardly small fry!

My TMobile phone blocks "adult" sites by default. I thought all the mobile operators were doing this? Or perhaps it's just because it's PAYG.

We all know how easy it is to get round, but then phase 2 will be blocking VPNs or any other encrypted traffic - after all if you're hiding something you must be guilty of something.