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An interesting read regarding the Big brother broadband filter they want to apply. Will you opt in or out of the national w4nk register when the time comes?

Sky news wrote: wrote:

The main internet service providers have said homes with an existing internet connection will be required to choose whether to switch on a filter by the end of next year.

Personally, I think that it will be the initiation of creating databases and even more restrictions of our civil liberties. Or, maybe I'm just paranoid.

Having had a vivid discussion with one of an isp special trained customer 'service' operators regarding why the rya (patron her madge) is barred by an adult filter.. It can only get worse.

Berners Lee will spin in his grave..

As a parent to a 14 yr old I feel his online safety is entirely my responsiblity. I wouldn't trust it to anyone else. Call me judgemental but any parent not taking control of that is showing themselves as lacking. Service providers have other priorities...specifically, profit.

81%,are unsure where to go to get advice. I find that improbable. All service providers offer advice. And fairly sound advice at that. They have an obligation to do so. As a parent, you keep digging until you get enough info. When you have enough, you make a decision. This is what parents do. I am up against the 'other' shitzer nonsense.

Unfortunately, the usual reaction these days and for a long time when an issue is perceived as a problem is just this. That is, introduce an all encompassing rule/law/regulation rather than actually address the issue.


The perceived issue is underage kids viewing adult sites.
So rather than address the issue by making all parents responsible for their own children's web activity, make an internet filter that blocks adult content.
As the parents who can't be bothered to limit their own children's viewing will probably not bother to put the filter on anyway, what's the point.

The second perceived problem is cyber bullying apparently. The filter would have no effect whatsoever on this. Most cyber bullying is on mobile phones via social apps or on computers via social websites. Not on adult sites

Big Brother approaches. 1984 is arriving - it was delayed by leaves on the line.
We are already suffering from the PC brigade taking umbrage at, well, just about every thought that passes through my mind.

We monitor what our children do online and I resent being told what to do by anyone, let alone some 'focus group driven nanny statists'

Coupled with the fact that I run one of, if not the biggest, rude greetings card websites and design the rudest, crudist and most politically incorrect cards available on the uncensored internet. Without that I might have to get a real job that entails work.

I've worked in education managing a councils internet connection. Unfortunately the fast pace of new sites even with filters on it won't catch everything instantly maybe at the soonest the next day. I had a constant battle everyday to ban new sites.

Where I stand is that I think at home its the reaponsibilty of the bill later to ensure the relevant things are in place. However most kids nowadays have top phones their parents pay a contract for with 3 and 4g speeds.

Its a hard battle to win.

I'll be asking for the filter off.

You guys mean there's actual porn on the internet?!?!



I thought it was all cat videos

Is it not pretty ironic that the people with the knowledge to get round these filters are the young kids that they are trying to protect while the older people who can legally view this stuff will end up barred because most of them will be baffled or scared to tick the "Yes please I want porn" box.

Beth557 wrote: wrote:

As a parent to a 14 yr old I feel his online safety is entirely my responsibility.

You won't need to worry about it for too long Beth as your son may be old enough to legally father his own child in less than a year.

Just make sure he doesn't try and buy cigarettes or alcohol, he's way too young for those things.

It's interesting that you could be a great grandparent by the age of 44. Gotta keep it all above board and legal you know. You don't want the neighbours talking now do you!

My account will have the internet filtering switched off.

This shouldn't be an opt out, it should be opt in. How long before we can't opt out? We're already seeing sites filtered out for all users any way under the orders of private companies.

Someone said Berners-Lee would be spinning in his grave. That comment is a little premature, as he is alive and well. I recently met him. You would be right in that he is against any kind of compulsory filtering. The world wide web he wants is completely free and open.