Porn to be opt-in in the UK

[xxMATTGxx]

All internet porn is to be blocked at the ISP level under a UK Government plan.

According to a Sunday Times story being republished around the globe the plan, to be discussed next month with major ISPs including BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, would require all pornography to be blocked. Adults would then have to opt-in to get access to pornography. It is not clear at this point what kinds of materials would be considered porn and therefore blocked under the scheme.

The idea of an opt-in system was raised by Conservative MP Claire Perry in November, following a study that suggested one-in-three children under 10 had seen pornography on the internet. In 2007, the British Government asked ISPs to block child pornography using a list provided by the Internet Watch Foundation. Proponents of the opt-in porn blocking scheme have pointed to that trial as evidence a wider blocking scheme would be technically feasible.

UK communications minister Ed Vaizey told The Sunday Times that he hoped to convince ISPs to take on the scheme voluntarily.

"I'm hoping they will get their acts together so we don't have to legislate, but we are keeping an eye on the situation and we will have a new communications bill in the next couple of years,'' he said.

It appeared some ISPs were prepared to take on the government plan, with one TalkTalk executive suggesting providers should be forced to filter porn if they do not choose to do so without coercion.

''If other companies aren't going to do it of their own volition, then maybe they should be leant on. Legislation is a sledgehammer but it could work,'' executive director of strategy and regulation Andrew Heaney said. TalkTalk intends to introduce a service dubbed ''bright feed'' that would allow homeowners to restrict access to internet content based on a cinema-style rating system.

Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/porn-to-b...medium=twitter

So, what does everyone think of this then! (Keep it clean)

[Recursion]

START BUILDING YOUR COLLECTIONS BOYS!

[Casio]

I think porn is a must have for 90% of men and some women infact, just because littlens are seeing it doesnt mean that they can't view it anywere else if they can't at home on the pc.

[smiffy70]

this is class a TORTURE to the teenage boys of UK

[Moh]

Does this mean chat roulette will be blocked?

[Casio]

Does this mean chat roulette will be blocked?

If there was a 'Like' button I would have just pressed it! lmao

[Swinkid]

This, in my opinion, shouldn't happen. Yes, there doing it for the good to stop kiddies looking at porn, but this is one step towards the government controlling what we see on the internet. In my opinion, if kid's that age are seeing porn, then its the parents fault. They should be barriers, or even watch over them while on the internet until they are an older age. Either way, by the time this is introduced ill be able to get this unblocked if i needed too.. When it comes to the internet and the government, it never happens. For example, wasn't ISP's meant to be stopping people downloading illegal music? I've downloaded my fair share yet nothing's happened. Now i use spotify, but either way that is the case.

[Conservative,]

Well...I won't be affected my Dad will opt in :3

But that's stupid. ;l There a parental controls for a reason..if parents don't want their kiddies watching porn then they can block them (sucks that my mum left her user on one day & I made myself an admin on the family computer but that's for a different time...) pretty simple.

I agree with child porn though. That should be automatically blocked and as it's illegal - there should be no way of getting to it.

[Chippiewill]

I guess I'll have to designate one of my hard drives, set some encryption up on it and then start stocking up.

[Zak]

I'll defo have to opt in.

The internet won't be the same without this source of entertainment.

I mean what am I meant to do when the girlfriend is away!! Look at Zoo or Nuts!?!??!