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Posted - 2013.07.24 12:26:00 -
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Yeah, David Cameron's amazing 3 pronged attack for saving the "yoof" of the nation:
1) Demand that search engines filter and remove any searches relating to kiddie stuff or other illegal p0rn.
Problem 1 - Search engines are already doing it, DUH!
Problem 2 - Cameron actually thinks that pedos go to google to find their sick images which in itself shows his complete lack of understanding of how the internet works. Most of that stuff happens in the "deep web".
Problem 3 - As soon as the infrastructure is in place for filtering "harmful" images and a precedent is set, the government can then shift the definitions and start "filtering" other stuff, probably covertly.
Problem 4 - The additional filters will bloat the net and result in a slower browsing experience all round, whether you have opted out or not.
2) Force ISPs to implement a "default on" p0rn filter that can only be removed by the account holder actively opting out.
Problem 1 - The ISPs are being forced into this at their expense so the filters will be the cheap and dirty kind which basically block everything at the drop of a hat. Since the blocking is being done centrally the user will have no choice but to disable all filters as soon as something they need access to is erroneously blocked.
Problem 2 - Basement dwelling men who still live with their parents are going to have their access to p0rn cut off unless they can muster the courage to have a rather embarrasing talk.
Problem 3 - Any husband (or wife) who currently looks at p0rn in secret will have to choose between 'fessing up (and potentially damaging their marriage) or going without which could well cause other problems.
Problem 4 - It will lull parents into a false sense of security with kids who are probably going to find ways around the filters eventually. We need to be empowering parents, not taking away their responsibilities.
Problem 5 - There appears to be a direct correlation between access to p0rn and reductions in real life sexual violence. Far from protecting women, Cameron may actually be putting more of them in danger. You only have to look at India to see that banning p0rn does nothing for women.
Problem 6 - Some of us don't want to have to call our ISP and say "I'd like to look at p0rn please"
3) Make all extreme or violent p0rn illegal to own.
Problem 1 - There has been no definition of what constitutes extreme p0rn other than "simulated r*pe", which is pretty vague. Does that mean being tied up? Does the woman have to say "I am not being r*ped" every 5 minutes throughout the film? Ludicrous.
Problem 2 - Even one of Cameron's own female MPs has risen the point that some women actually get a jolly out of that sort of thing which means loving couples with S&M type video collections for private use will be criminalised.
Problem 3 - The law is for owning content, but what about streaming?
Of course, all of the above assumes that the ISP blocks themselves wont simply get nullified within a day by VPNs and other means. To me, it feels as though Cameron has a combination of a personal vendetta against and a large dose of ignorance about online p0rnography and is using his position to bully his views onto the entire nation.
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