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[ NNSquad ] British PM claims UK users will have to "opt-in" to porn sites -- ISPs deny it 

British PM claims UK users will have to "opt-in" to porn sites -- ISPs deny it
http://j.mp/nN4Qpp  (This message Google+)

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Biggest four UK ISPs switching to 'opt-in' system for pornography
http://j.mp/p3320B  (Guardian)

    "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, a Christian charity. 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."

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David Cameron's 'porn filter' will make no difference, say ISPs
http://j.mp/r3rtnf (Guardian)

    "Claims that David Cameron has forced a new "porn filter" on UK
     internet content have been disavowed by internet service providers,
     which said that the vast majority of customers will see "absolutely no
     difference" to their web content.  Confusion arose after it was
     suggested that a new "filtered feed" system will be applied to
     everyone using internet connections provided by the biggest four ISPs
     - BT, TalkTalk, Virgin and Sky, which between them have 17.6 million
     of the 19.2 million broadband customers in the UK."
     
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
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