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I come from a long line of anglophiles so I usually enjoy anything British. My birthday celebrations typically begin with a full English breakfast complete with a pint of bitter before things take a turn for the more Mexican. I grew up idolizing British television, James Bond and the Beatles. However, when I heard British Prime Minister David Cameron is considering a move to force all ISPs to block porn by default, I started to lose faith in my upbringing.
Not ones to take anything laying down, the measure is being fought by ISPs, free speech groups, and people who like to masturbate without having to ask first. Advocates of this bold move apparently include parents who suck at computers and want the rest of the country to suffer for it.
While I’m sure everyone is cool with keeping children away pornography, this sounds like such a stupid way to do it. Content blocking software is very flawed and no matter how high up the internet food chain you put it, something is going to slip through. If you have small children in your home and would like to prevent them from seeing pornographic material, here are a few easy things you can do without fucking over all of your countrymen:
1. Disable flash and java scripting for everything but a handful of trusted websites.
2. Use the internet with your child to make sure they don’t stumble upon anything they shouldn’t.
3. Sign up for therapy early because without a healthy outlet for sexuality your kid is going to grow to be really fucked up.
Just to clarify, under the measure all you would have to do is call your ISP and request that the pornography be turned back on for your residence. While this may not sound like a big deal, it is a colossal violation of privacy for those of us who hide our porn lust from friends and family members.
Via Newser.com
