UK Government Changes Tack and Demands Default Porn Block

judgecorp writes "British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to reverse a policy announced last week, and demand that ISPs filter adult content by default. This system would require users to actively opt out of a filter designed to block adult content and material about self-harm. Last week, after consultation with parents, the Department for Education had said that an opt-in system would be sufficient and no default porn block would be required, but the Daily Mail has announced triumphantly that Cameron will be presenting the policy in the paper. MP Claire Perry, who has argued for the block, will be in charge — and freedom of speech campaigners have branded the sudden change of mind as 'chaotic.'"

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[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, define pornography then.

Pornography: Noun; That which becomes uninteresting after mastrubation.

Re:"Will announce later today..."

[robthebloke]

It's a tabloid? There was me thinking it was some sort of hilarous paradoy of 'to death do us part'.

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[Bazman]

The Supreme Court says "any act that has no artistic merit and causes sexual thought". So that's the Daily Mail blocked...

[Source: Bill Hicks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcefX9TPlkY]

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[poetmatt]

therefore, nothing?

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[TheSpoom]

Silly me, thinking I could get away with Unicode 2260.

Get that 21st century technology off of Slashdot, we run ancient Perl here and we like it! *mumbles something about uphill in the snow*

Re:Wow! The UK is...

[ColdWetDog]

So was Murphy.