upvote if you think this is just a cover story to increase internet surveillance and put internet in government control. USA does it to protect itself from 'terroeists' we all know how well that turned out. but since theres going to be no public outrage over freedom to watch porn, this trickster will fool his public this way.
David Cameron cracks down on online pornography
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#232> Every household in Britain connected to the internet will be obliged to declare whether they want to maintain access to online pornography These declarations will only be used to shame public figures once the list is leaked. > The possession of "extreme pornography", which includes scenes of simulated rape, is to be outlawed. Video footage of two consenting adults, acting out a scene, will be illegal to own. With t…
>A single search can now land you on a government list of accused pedophiles.
Send a photograph of your young baby at the beach to your partner who is working to share a nice moment of the family and you land on a list of people who share child porn because of automated programs.
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#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
And the inevitable google-bombing and re-definition of various words. Anyone googled "santorum" recently? The Wikipedia article has a nice rundown on how a US Senator's name ended up thus: 'The word santorum, as defined, has been characterized as "obscene", "unfit to print", or "vulgar".' I eagerly await the day a Google image search for "David Cameron" starts returning furry-rape-sex pictures, and "Conservative Part…
Perhaps 4chan will come to the rescue! I'm sure "Cameroning" will take on a new meaning soon :)
As someone with the first name of Cameron, I really, really hope not. (Although I could be convinced on the furry-rape-sex.)
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#234Anything done in response to a campaign by the Daily Mail can only be a bad idea ...
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#235Yeah, porn should be at the fingertips of every man woman and child. Porn leads to healthy lifestyles and healthy sex lives, cultures and communities. Just look at life before porn existed. Never any healthy societies or sexual relationships then - they did not even exist. What harm could porn possibly cause anyone? Putting into someones mind a fantasy of how sex really can and should be? How could that ever cause an…
You've really burned that strawman to the ground, well done.
I wonder what you'd say when the list gets leaked and your name is there by mistake. Can't happen, right? It's not like the UK government ever leaked private info[1]. Maybe the moral busybodies will press to take your kids from you.
[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2000/jun/25/futureofthenhs...
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#236Yeah, porn should be at the fingertips of every man woman and child. Porn leads to healthy lifestyles and healthy sex lives, cultures and communities. Just look at life before porn existed. Never any healthy societies or sexual relationships then - they did not even exist. What harm could porn possibly cause anyone? Putting into someones mind a fantasy of how sex really can and should be? How could that ever cause an…
Yeah, facebook should be at the fingertips of every man woman and child. Facebook leads to healthy social lifestyles and friendships, cultures and communities.
Just look at life before facebook existed. Never any healthy societies or social relationships then - they did not even exist. What harm could facebook possibly cause anyone? Putting into someone's mind a fantasy of how easy socialising really can and should be? How could that ever cause any future social relationship to suffer in any way?
How could allowing a child to interact with somebody who could be a paedophile cause any potential problems with their natural sexual or social development? Inconceivable.
People in a truly free country should be able to sit at home and speak to people on facebook without ever speaking to people face to face. Now that is a country I want to live in...
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#237It's amazing how politicians keep conflating these 4 things: (a) Voluntary acts between adults (b) Fantasy (c) Preventing the use of porn by adolescents (d) Protecting children (and others) from horrific crimes In my view, the reason for that "mix up" is simply old fashioned prudery and religious fanaticism. (d) is the only thing that governments should care about.
Meh, they don't confuse these things. I suppose this is only a bullshit proposal to distract from something else. Online spying on their citizens, crappy economy or whatever.
For as long as there's politicians "protect the children" will always be B.S.. As if Cameron cared..
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#238As a kid, my parents tried using parental control software on my computer to block porn and other inappropriate content. This turned out to be helpful because it motivated me to learn how to exploit the software.
I applaud Mr. Cameron's inadvertent efforts to enhance the computer skills of his nation's youth.
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#239Trying to garner popularity because:
a) This is something most people hate, and he is taking a stance they will sympathize with
b) He singles out Google as needing to do more. Google has received a lot of bad press recently due to tax avoidance. Therefore, criticizing Google will go down well with a lot of people.
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#240My Israeli ISP has a default porn filter. I had to call and cancel it because the proxy broke svn. No, honestly, it did.
Subversion... I was working for Essex county council years ago and their filter managed to break access to their own website for some users (Essex has the word sex in it). Power and control, carry on.