[ NNSquad ] UK is expanding their screwed up mandated porn filters to include more topics they can screw up

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

UK is expanding their screwed up mandated porn filters to include more
topics they can screw up

http://j.mp/M5rqkU  (Techdirt)

   "The UK government's futile and ham-fisted attempts to purge the
    Internet of all of its rough edges and naughty bits are about to see
    international escalation. The country is only really just kicking off
    their campaign to impose porn filters that not only often don't work,
    but also have so far managed to accidentally block numerous entirely
    legal and useful websites including technology news sites like
    Slashdot, digital rights groups like the EFF, rape counseling
    websites, and more. David Cameron's government has long-stated they
    want this filtering to eventually extend to websites deemed
    "extremist" by the government, and it appears that new proposals being
    drafted hope to make that a reality sooner rather than later."

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Here's a plan. Cameron can just use "*" as his filter block directive and
avoid all the intermediate steps. No Web! No Problem!

--Lauren--
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