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Originally Posted by Daveoc64
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.
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Presumably this block option will be for violent content and online games as well since violence is a far worse example for children than sex, I think all sane people would agree. Sites with gambling, alchohol and drugs references would obviously be higher up the ban list too of course. Will there be separate options for all these things or will it be a single on/off 'Government Nanny' button that covers everything bad?
I hope the options will be separate. That way we get to bring up our children the way
we think is right which is clearly what the government is doing this for. Let's hope they don't simplify it too much so we can focus on filtering out the stuff that's really nasty instead of fretting about a few boobs and a bit of bonking.