EPTOn July 28 2013 10:00 iKlutz wrote:
What I want to know is, if you opt out in for porn (or w/e) will the isps still ban some of the really messed up stuff etc. anyway, i.e., is there a blanket level of censorship for all people (even those who 'opt in' for porn)? That could indicate government censorship even when it isn't wanted.
The people who say our culture is oversexualised, children are being exposed to porn too early etc. may have a point, but then why does the Government have to put in measures under the guise of 'protecting against child porn'. Why can't the government acknowledge what their propositions will actually entail, that's the least I would expect from them. It seems that there's policy put in place too often which effects people 'unintentionally' given what the government has said the policy is for. (In reality this is probably not unintentionally but the government should at least acknowledge that).
In this specific example, surely making parents aware of what their kids may be viewing on the internet and the steps they can take to prevent it would be the first step.
What I want to know is, if you opt out in for porn (or w/e) will the isps still ban some of the really messed up stuff etc. anyway, i.e., is there a blanket level of censorship for all people (even those who 'opt in' for porn)? That could indicate government censorship even when it isn't wanted.
The people who say our culture is oversexualised, children are being exposed to porn too early etc. may have a point, but then why does the Government have to put in measures under the guise of 'protecting against child porn'. Why can't the government acknowledge what their propositions will actually entail, that's the least I would expect from them. It seems that there's policy put in place too often which effects people 'unintentionally' given what the government has said the policy is for. (In reality this is probably not unintentionally but the government should at least acknowledge that).
In this specific example, surely making parents aware of what their kids may be viewing on the internet and the steps they can take to prevent it would be the first step.
That's kind of my point. In terms of a sexualised culture, introducing a porn filter of this kind is just trimming the outermost branches of a much bigger tree.
