Thread: Six British ISPs are filtering access to Wikipedia
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Old 07-12-2008, 23:39   #40
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Re: Six British ISPs are filtering access to Wikipedia
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Originally Posted by Barton71 View Post
The problem here is that the IWF and the police have decided, off their own backs, that the image is illegal.
The police haven't decided anything. The IWF have no direct links with the police, and nothing they decide goes through the police. It's staff have the sole say in what should and shouldn't be blocked.

Interestingly the IWF state their remit as dealing with "Child sexual abuse content hosted worldwide and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK"

Is the picture child sexual abuse? I don't think ANYONE can argue that it is, and even the subject of the image says it's not sexual abuse and has no issues with the image, so they have clearly overstepped their remit.
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