Fez
11-10-2011, 03:12 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/11/pornography-internet-service-providers
Subscribers to four of the UK's biggest internet service providers will have to "opt in" if they want to view sexually explicit websites, as part of government-sponsored curbs on online pornography.The measures will be unveiled on Tuesday as David Cameron hosts No 10 meeting with the Mothers' Union. At the government's request the group's chief executive, Reg Bailey, led a review in tandem with Department of Education staff into the commercialisation and sexualisation of children.
The Bailey report earlier this year produced a raft of proposals to shield children from sexualised imagery.The prime minister is expected to announce other moves in line with the Christian charity's review, such as restrictions on aggressive advertising campaigns and certain types of images on billboards.There will also be a website, Parentport, which parents can use to complain about television programmes, advertisements, products or services which they believe are inappropriate for children.The site, which will direct complaints to the regulator dealing with that specific area of concern, is expected to be run by watchdogs including the Advertising Standards Authority, BBC Trust, British Board of Film Classification, Ofcom, Press Complaints Commission, Video Standards Council and Pan European Game Information.The service providers involved are BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin. Customers who do not opt in to adult content will be unableto access pornographic websites.Cameron gave strong backing in June to the Bailey report proposals after he commissioned the six-month review.
However, Cameron did not commit his government to legislation.The recommendations of the report - Letting Children be Children, published on 6 June 2011 - included providing parents with one single website to make it easier to complain about any programme, advert, product or service, putting age restrictions on music videos and ensuring retailers offer age-appropriate clothes for children.Cameron wrote to Bailey in June to thank him for his report. "I very much agree with the central approach you set out," the letter said."As you say, we should not try and wrap children up in cotton wool or simply throw our hands up and accept the world as it is. Instead, we should look to put 'the brakes on an unthinking drift towards ever-greater commercialisation and sexualisation'."Bailey's report asked for government and business to work together on initiatives such as ending the sale of inappropriately "sexy" clothing for young children, for example underwired bras and T-shirts with suggestive slogans.However, he recommended that if retailers do not make progress on the issue they should be forced to make the changes in 18 months.• Several phrases and a heading in this article were amended on 11 October 2011 to make clear that the report on children was produced by Reg Bailey with Department of Education staff, not by the Mothers' Union.
I never, ever thought I'd see the day when bad parenting kills democracy. 101 course in protecting your child from 'inappropriate materials'. If it's on the CBBC, write a letter of complaint, if it's ITV1 and it's after 10PM then it's your own fault for not turning it over to late night with Spongebob Squarepants. Seriously, what sort of nanny state do we have to have when, quite frankly, I have to TELL my ISP that "Yes I do wish to consume these materials." and that this somehow makes it all okay? What if there's a single-father who works from home and has a child or two? I'm trying not to be rude and stuff but... well... yeah. Hell, I could easily say single-mother instead because we all know 'that' isn't exclusive to the male form.
What's next? A ban on violent video-games? An 'opt-in' thing for 'Mein Kampf: An Academic Analysis'?
Quite frankly, and it seems silly, but I believe sexual discovery to be one of the key cornerstones of human evolution and pornography DOES let teenagers... discover stuff. I'm trying to skirt around the edges and not be disgusting but I'm sure all of us lot can tell the difference between real sex and fake sex where all the bits are much larger.
Just seems silly to me.
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/11/pornography-internet-service-providers)
Subscribers to four of the UK's biggest internet service providers will have to "opt in" if they want to view sexually explicit websites, as part of government-sponsored curbs on online pornography.The measures will be unveiled on Tuesday as David Cameron hosts No 10 meeting with the Mothers' Union. At the government's request the group's chief executive, Reg Bailey, led a review in tandem with Department of Education staff into the commercialisation and sexualisation of children.
The Bailey report earlier this year produced a raft of proposals to shield children from sexualised imagery.The prime minister is expected to announce other moves in line with the Christian charity's review, such as restrictions on aggressive advertising campaigns and certain types of images on billboards.There will also be a website, Parentport, which parents can use to complain about television programmes, advertisements, products or services which they believe are inappropriate for children.The site, which will direct complaints to the regulator dealing with that specific area of concern, is expected to be run by watchdogs including the Advertising Standards Authority, BBC Trust, British Board of Film Classification, Ofcom, Press Complaints Commission, Video Standards Council and Pan European Game Information.The service providers involved are BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin. Customers who do not opt in to adult content will be unableto access pornographic websites.Cameron gave strong backing in June to the Bailey report proposals after he commissioned the six-month review.
However, Cameron did not commit his government to legislation.The recommendations of the report - Letting Children be Children, published on 6 June 2011 - included providing parents with one single website to make it easier to complain about any programme, advert, product or service, putting age restrictions on music videos and ensuring retailers offer age-appropriate clothes for children.Cameron wrote to Bailey in June to thank him for his report. "I very much agree with the central approach you set out," the letter said."As you say, we should not try and wrap children up in cotton wool or simply throw our hands up and accept the world as it is. Instead, we should look to put 'the brakes on an unthinking drift towards ever-greater commercialisation and sexualisation'."Bailey's report asked for government and business to work together on initiatives such as ending the sale of inappropriately "sexy" clothing for young children, for example underwired bras and T-shirts with suggestive slogans.However, he recommended that if retailers do not make progress on the issue they should be forced to make the changes in 18 months.• Several phrases and a heading in this article were amended on 11 October 2011 to make clear that the report on children was produced by Reg Bailey with Department of Education staff, not by the Mothers' Union.
I never, ever thought I'd see the day when bad parenting kills democracy. 101 course in protecting your child from 'inappropriate materials'. If it's on the CBBC, write a letter of complaint, if it's ITV1 and it's after 10PM then it's your own fault for not turning it over to late night with Spongebob Squarepants. Seriously, what sort of nanny state do we have to have when, quite frankly, I have to TELL my ISP that "Yes I do wish to consume these materials." and that this somehow makes it all okay? What if there's a single-father who works from home and has a child or two? I'm trying not to be rude and stuff but... well... yeah. Hell, I could easily say single-mother instead because we all know 'that' isn't exclusive to the male form.
What's next? A ban on violent video-games? An 'opt-in' thing for 'Mein Kampf: An Academic Analysis'?
Quite frankly, and it seems silly, but I believe sexual discovery to be one of the key cornerstones of human evolution and pornography DOES let teenagers... discover stuff. I'm trying to skirt around the edges and not be disgusting but I'm sure all of us lot can tell the difference between real sex and fake sex where all the bits are much larger.
Just seems silly to me.
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/11/pornography-internet-service-providers)