Drool Britannia: Why The UK Anti-Porn Laws Are Ridiculous And It Matters That They're Overturned

Think of the children! Like clockwork, anti-porn sentiment has broken out again, this time in the UK. PM David Cameron has announced something he is calling “Default On” access to ISP-wide porn filters that will ensure children, adults, and the aged cannot see the unclothed human form in various states of arousal. This Quixotic effort is in fact worse than Quixotic. After all, the only thing Don Quixote hurt was a bunch of windmills. This legislation, on the other hand, could pave the way for vile Internet censorship laws that could change the way the world works. First, let us understand what is going on here. To the general public these laws are mere suggestions unless you’re into simulated rape. ISPs have been asked to implement filters that are “default on” which, in Cameron doublespeak, means that they’re available only if the customer enables them when creating an account. They’re calling this “Active-Choice +.” The UK Department of Education had this to say: The prime minister believes that there is much more that we can all do to improve how we communicate the current position on parental internet controls and that there is a need for a simplified message to reassure parents and the public more generally. Without changing what you will be offering (ie active-choice +), the prime minister would like to be able to refer to your solutions are “default-on” as people will have to make a choice not to have the filters (by unticking the box). Can you consider how to include this language (or similar) in the screens that begin the set-up process? For example, “this connection includes family-friendly filters as default [or as standard] – if you do not want to install this protection please un-tick the box” (obviously not intended to be drafting). Would you be able to commit to including “default-on” or similar language both in the set-up screen and public messaging? In short, they’re making ISPs offer something they’re probably already offering. Four of the main ISPs are already on board although many ISPs offer filtering packages already. This would only codify the process in law. As a parent I’m all for voluntary web filtering simply because I don’t want the kids to see violence but it is a cop-out As a talking point, then, filtering the Internet makes plenty of sense to the technical and non-technical alike. In a real sense

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