[LINK] UK to introduce mandatory clean feed

[rene]

On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:13:06 +1100, Philip Argy wrote:

> http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/all-internet-porn-will-be-
> blocked -to-protect-children-under-uk-government-plan/story-e6frfkui-
> 1225973481287
>
> Hmm ... is that the same as a filter?

Apparently. However, it was apparently a slow news day on Saturday. That 
report's basically a copy of UK Daily Mail "report" on the same day which 
seems to beat up "news" from about 3 weeks ago.

The origin of the so-called "plan" is a campaign by a UK Conservative Party
Claire Perry MP. There's a 44 minute video of the parliamentary 'debate',
in which Perry called for legislation implementing opt-in for access to
porn, here:

VIDEO UK Government MP Demands Broadband ISPs to Filter Porn Sites by Age,
by MarkJ ? 26 November, 2010
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2010/11/26/video-uk-government-mp-demands-
broadband-isps-to-filter-porn-sites-by-age.html

Over half of that is UK Minister for Communications Ed Vaizey responding to
the MP (and a few other parliamentarians, there were about 14 in the
chamber). Vaizey more or less said he doesn't support such legislation - 
that the UK Govt prefers "light regulation" of the Internet, but more or 
less reckons ISPs could "do more" on a self-regulatory basis.

Here's a short report, quoting a few things Ed Vaizey said during that
debate:
http://www.techeye.net/internet/ed-vaizey-assumes-chief-role-for-brit-porn-
police

NB: While some ISPs in the UK voluntarily block a list of alleged child 
porn web pages compiled/provided by the IWF, the UK govt has not legislated 
to require such blocking. Hence, it seems fairly unlikely they're going to 
legislate what Perry wants - at least until/unless they decide to also make 
it mandatory for ISPs to block content on the IWF list.

Irene