Reply to: Web forums to be blocked

[xoggoth]

The emphasis on internet child porn is ludicrous. Cracking down on the internet is just a way to push the problem underground without really tackling it, lets the politicians feel smug while kids go on being abused. I say so because:

a) Yes, child abusers do also tend to be among the highest searchers for child porn but then geeks who like gadgets probably spend a lot of time online looking for gadgets. People search for what interests them, a correlation does not show a cause.

b) There are extremely high rates of child abuse in some of the world's poorest societies where almost nobody has internet access. In Uganda and among the Australian aborigines for example. It is more about the culture of the society than online influences.

Given point a) it would make far more sense to do nothing whatever about internet child porn and then investigate those who view it.

Similarly, terrorism etc.

[mudskipper]

[d000hg]

£4 a week with the two draws and the forthcoming price increase.

You don't have to buy a ticket to each draw. Or even each week.

[SimonMac]

Er, I thought it was a tax on the terminally stupid.

Yes, in the same way speed cameras are a tax on the motorists, they are both easily avoided

[eek]

Like the CUK Lottery Syndicate you mean?

£1 a week on a lottery ticket is harmless fantasy.

£4 a week with the two draws and the forthcoming price increase.

[d000hg]

Er, I thought it was a tax on the terminally stupid.

Like the CUK Lottery Syndicate you mean?

£1 a week on a lottery ticket is harmless fantasy.

[d000hg]

Alcohol and cigarettes are on the block list for the porn law as well

Please provide a credible link to back that up.


Anyway if they did include booze sites in the setup, everyone would be far happier because then by opting out of the block you are not obviously just wanting porn, you might simply want to order some wine.

[TheFaQQer]

LOL turned on Talk Talk Homesafe and this counts National Lottery as gambling - site is blocked - that was supposed to be government sponsored gambling!

Most filters class it as gambling and block it.

[cojak]

TalkTalk HomeSafe is not what everyone is going to get as a result of the upcoming changes. That is a far higher level of filtering for parents, etc, to turn on. It also blocks sites selling alcohol, etc.

And my homebrew forum!
(Fortunately my landlady hates This censorship and turned it off)

[amcdonald]

TalkTalk HomeSafe is not what everyone is going to get as a result of the upcoming changes. That is a far higher level of filtering for parents, etc, to turn on. It also blocks sites selling alcohol, etc.

Alcohol and cigarettes are on the block list for the porn law as well

[d000hg]

TalkTalk HomeSafe is not what everyone is going to get as a result of the upcoming changes. That is a far higher level of filtering for parents, etc, to turn on. It also blocks sites selling alcohol, etc.

[MPwannadecentincome]

national lottery is blocked

LOL turned on Talk Talk Homesafe and this counts National Lottery as gambling - site is blocked - that was supposed to be government sponsored gambling!

[Old Greg]

I noticed the bit about 'esoteric websites'. Does that mean censoring the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

I don't fancy these guys' chances: Crank Dot Net

[amcdonald]

Yep, I've heard that they're going to start blocking political websites, particularly those in opposition :-)

So maybe to hide any UKIP related content on the web then

[Mich the Tester]

I noticed the bit about 'esoteric websites'. Does that mean censoring the Flying Spaghetti Monster?