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align="left" height="70" width="130">In last
week's <em>4cast</em>, there was mention of
network filters implemented by Internet service
providers (ISPs) in the UK. There's actually quite
a bit happening with filtering in the UK, and it
has been interesting to watch as the government
there tries to get ISPs to implement nationwide
filtering systems that will block bad stuff and
still allow people to access good stuff on the
Internet. The results so far have been mixed. And,
of course, who's to say what is "bad stuff" and
"good stuff."
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/how-uk-web-filtering-could-affect-web-hosts">How
UK web filtering could affect web hosts</a>
(The WHIR/David Hamilton) "The filtering, which
households can opt-out of, will be done at the
ISP-level, and be rolled out voluntarily by ISPs
without the need for new government legislation
or regulations. Initially, it will be up to new
Internet subscribers in the UK to opt-out of
this filtering, but eventually all UK Internet
subscribers will have to let their ISP know they
want access to filtered material."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/10527320/Online-porn-filters-also-block-sexual-health-advice.html">Online
porn filters also block sexual health advice</a>
(The Telegraph/Matthew Sparkes) "Among websites
blocked by TalkTalk was BishUK.com, a sexual
advice website written by a qualified youth
worker, and the Edinburgh Women's Rape and
Sexual Abuse Centre website. The websites for
Sexual Abuse Scotland and the Doncaster Domestic
Abuse Helpline were also blocked. The [BBC]
investigation also found that the filter failed
to block 7 per cent of 68 pornographic websites
tested."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26124541">Ministers
bid to block extremist videos posted on
foreign websites</a> (BBC News/Chris Mason)
"If the CTIRU [Counter Terrorism Internet
Referral Unit] and prosecutors deem material to
be illegal it can be blocked from parts of the
public sector, including schools and hospitals.
But this does not extend to domestic users - and
filters can be turned off. The BBC has also been
told it has proved difficult for the government
to act against sites hosted abroad, both in the
Middle East and in the US, where freedom of
speech is protected by the constitution."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131220/14260625656/uks-new-mandatory-porn-filter-already-defeated-single-chrome-extension.shtml">UK's
new mandatory porn filter already defeated by
a single Chrome extension</a> (TechDirt/Tim
Cushing) "According to the creator, Go Away
Cameron is a private, smart proxy service that
engages when blocking is detected. He also
claims nothing about the end user is collected
or saved, including the IP address. So, that's
how easy it is to circumvent the UK's porn
firewall. Not that anyone expected it to be a
challenge. Most probably figured using a proxy
is all it would take. The astounding thing is
that politicians obviously believe this lousy
bit of state-ordained soft censorship will
actually turn the UK into a less, I don't know,
<em>sinful</em> nation."</li>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><small><strong><em>PM
fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">Last July,
UK Prime Minister David Cameron <a
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23401076">announced</a>
the government initiative to have ISPs filter the
Internet by default - hence the name "Go Away
Cameron" for the Chrome extension mentioned above.
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