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Originally Posted by Hom3r
Slightly of topic but relevant.
At work yesterday we were talking about this type of thing, and the UK are possibly going to block all adult XXX rated sights, apparently to protect our children from watch porn.
OK block the illegal stuff, but if I want to watch porn surely its my right.
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There are a wide variety of proposals on the table, but none of them involve banning porn outright. They're really just proposing that new customers would have to choose whether to have the content blocked (as happens with mobile internet now) individually.
The main argument is about whether the block would be on by default (requiring users to "opt-in" to porn and other content), off by default (requiring customers to turn on the filter) and whether it should apply to existing customers. The current popular choice is making the decision to opt in or out mandatory when signing up for the broadband service.