Court-ordered but rightsholder-controlled ISP blockades have reportedly led to a second case of wrongful website blocking in a matter of days.
We have no legislation, a contradictory official government policy, and ISPs promising that they will deliver a ‘pre-selected’ censorship approach, but who is leading the march towards censorship?
The filters that will be auto-enabled for all internet users in the UK will block more than just hardcore pornography, also censoring alcohol, tobacco, and esoteric materials as well as web forums.
Pakistan has begun blocking Tumblr, Bittorrent websites, and Richard Dawkins as the authorities feel the content is unsuitable for their citizens
David Cameron’s moralising over what legal adult material should be censored online will vilify people who have “non-standard” sexual preferences, in just the same way homosexuality has been vilified for decades.