UK official involved in national porn filter arrested for child porn

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Post by rjzzleep » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 2:24 PM UTC

UK official involved in national porn filter arrested for child porn
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Post by zimpenfish » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 2:27 PM UTC

I wish I could be surprised by the ongoing hypocrisy of our UK politicians but ...

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Post by CrazyIvan » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 2:39 PM UTC

At first he didn't like it but then it grew on him. Damn you Internet! It is all your fault! If only he could go back in time, implement filter and come back nothing would have happened!

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Post by j7512 » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 2:56 PM UTC

Oh how ironic...

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Post by dspillett » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 3:03 PM UTC

A lot of people who are rabidly fighting against the Internet being a free-for-all are significantly damaged and assume the rest of the world is damaged in the same way so need to be protected.

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Post by vrikis » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 3:13 PM UTC

CrazyIvan wrote: post #3

At first he didn't like it but then it grew on him. Damn you Internet! It is all your fault! If only he could go back in time, implement filter and come back nothing would have happened!

This comment wins best comment of all time haha.. If only he could go back in time...

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Post by clarry » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 3:13 PM UTC

I still find it incredible that merely possessing some files is enough to get you arrested and possibly end your career. Weirder still, it seems to be ok to have just about all other sorts of horrific photos depicting, say, brutal violence..

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Post by Justsignedup » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 3:15 PM UTC

zimpenfish wrote: post #2

I wish I could be surprised by the ongoing hypocrisy of our UK politicians but ...

Remember that anti-gay republican who was caught having sex with a male prostitute in an airport bathroom?

Haters gonna hate (themselves).

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Post by peizo » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 3:15 PM UTC

Smells like a set up.

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Post by Justsignedup » Tue, Mar 04, 2014, 3:17 PM UTC

j7512 wrote: post #4

Oh how ironic...

... without missing a beat, Patrick Rock went on record to say "As you can see, this filter is very effective, it even caught me. Kudos for a well implemented mechanism, I can only hope such sick, sick, basters like myself will be caught and put away promptly."