Pornography to be blocked by internet service providers

[FinalBawse]

Pmsl @ the vid and how fast he dialed.

[MARVELL]

There has been a lot of confusion and mis-reporting over how Britain's four biggest ISPs will implement blocks on adult content.

Here is what the four ISPs signed up to the new voluntary code of practice - BT, Virgin Media, Sky and TalkTalk - are actually doing to comply with the proposals.

BT will be forcing new subscribers to make a decision on whether they want adult content filters switched on as part of the installation procedure for BT broadband. Only new customers will be forced to make a choice - existing customers will be sent a letter reminding them of BT's filtering software.

BT will continue to use the McAfee Family Protection suite it currently offers to its broadband customers for free. This isn't a network-level block, but PC-based software. That means devices such as smartphones and tablets will not be protected.

Virgin Media currently operates a similar system to BT, where it offers customers parental control software for their PCs on an opt-in basis.

The software will, according to a Virgin Media spokesperson, "identify sites that you will want to block as a parent", including pornography, gambling and violent websites.

The software works across up to three PCs in the home, but once again devices such as smartphones and tablets accessing the internet via the home Wi-Fi connection will not be protected.

Sky said it was “too early to get into the technicalities”, but confirmed it would be introducing measures to comply with the Government proposals. “Active choice measures will mean customers have to make a choice not to take advantage of parental controls,” Sky told PC Pro. The company currently offers controls via McAfee software.

"To set up McAfee Parental Controls you’ll need to be signed in to your computer with Administrator rights," the company says. "You will also need to create non-Administrator user accounts for each child who uses the computer."

TalkTalk implemented an opt-in adult content blocking service earlier this year. The Homesafe system provides network-level protection against malware, as well as giving parents the option to block certain types of content, including pornography, gambling and violent websites.

The content filters are applied to every device and user in the home, so there's no way for parents to retain access to adult content while preventing children from doing so, without switching the blacklists off when the children go to bed.

TalkTalk has said it would resist any Government attempts to make filtering compulsory, but said under the proposals new customers would be alerted to HomeSafe. “TalkTalk will be offering all new customers an ‘active choice’ about whether or not they want to use parental controls,” the company said.

lol at porn dons all over the country getting isp's sweating. had to clarify that report quicktime.

half those fucking MPs who would sign any bill were in reality also sweating.

[Heero Yuy]

man didnt want to believe the hype. conducted extensive research

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people will have do go back to the old days of pickin up a cousins laptop and finding the holy folder containing big-onion.avi

Wanking on a next mans lappy ain't cool

:lol:

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[Flojo]

tbh parents need this

There are ample web filtering options available at the moment and it's up to parents to monitor their children's activity in their own home not the government.

If you can't keep tabs on what your child is doing in your own home you've got little chance of keeping tabs on them when they're out and about.

[gyal fi beg]

if i didn't have prawn as a young teen life wouldn't have been the same. cunts. making the new teens resort to razzle n dem way dere

[Skola]

if i didn't have prawn as a young teen life wouldn't have been the same. cunts. making the new teens resort to razzle n dem way dere

all part of growing up

finding a porn stash >>>>>>>>

[Still Blazin]

real sex was the one

[Seth Rollins]

real sex was the one

Pissed. Sorry to hear that fam.

[Still Blazin]

thanks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15252128

more info on it

[Lens]

need a youtube downloader equivalent for xvideo

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opportunity for bootleggers/entrepreneurs

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grew up on Topless Darts. the progression has been a lot

[J. Edgar]

So does opting in involve calling up their call centre or will there be an option in your online account to manage such filtration?

I don't see why parents don't just block such sites with the appropriate software or ISP settings.

[TALLWAH]

They dont block them cos they want to use them.

[LevelLouie]

most parents dont know how to use computers tbh

[Seth Rollins]

Only for new customers, does this option exist for the time being.

Find me a household that DOESN'T have the internet in 2011...

[JayB]

need a youtube downloader equivalent for xvideo

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opportunity for bootleggers/entrepreneurs

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grew up on Topless Darts. the progression has been a lot

lol cable tv days.....Live TV - topless darts and exotica erotica. good times!!

[Skola]

loooooool

channel 13

i remember when it shut down

rip