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UK to require porn filtering on by default on all accounts. Protection or over-reach by gov't?
Daily Mail ^ | July 21, 2013 | James Chapman

Posted on 07/22/2013 11:12:13 AM PDT by arbitrary.squid

Pornography depicting rape will be outlawed as part of a government crackdown on web filth.

David Cameron today unveiled a raft of reforms to shield children from 'poisonous' websites that are 'corroding childhood'.

In a victory for the Daily Mail, the Prime Minister announced every householder connected to the internet will have their access to online porn blocked unless they ask to receive it.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2372833/Internet-porn-depicting-rape-BANNED-Cameron-unveils-opt-rule-web-users.html#ixzz2ZncKS1Bp Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; censorship; culturewar; nannystate; porn; pornification; uk
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To: arbitrary.squid

They say they are trying to protect children . I don’t buy it. If they were really concerned about the British people they would stop importing Mozlems. It’s an excuse for a way to eventually control ALL the content which comes in through the Net. This is only the beginning of what they will deem inappropriate to see.


21 posted on 07/22/2013 1:10:37 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: arbitrary.squid

So, who gets to decide what is and isn’t porn?


22 posted on 07/22/2013 1:15:27 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: VanDeKoik

Perhaps because someone experiencing a city being leveled does not instinctively desire to level cities.

But mixing in sexual cues at the same time a criminal ones is like sugar coating rat poison.


23 posted on 07/22/2013 1:51:03 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: arbitrary.squid

So you will no longer be able to watch TV shows or Movies on your computer.


24 posted on 07/22/2013 1:58:05 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Truth29

I think you mean Robert Spencer. Unless you are confusing Levin with Michael Savage. If that is the case, dont tell either one of them. They are bitter enemies.


25 posted on 07/22/2013 6:52:55 PM PDT by pluvmantelo (In the future everyone will be Emmanuel Goldstein, for fifteen minutes.)
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To: catnipman
"So, who gets to decide what is and isn’t porn?"

We are the government, we've come to help

26 posted on 07/24/2013 1:37:54 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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