Yes, To paraphrase Auld Robbie:
"The best laid plans of mice and moralists ..." :) No filetering regime I've ever seen put into practice seems to work, as anticipated that is. Just my 2 cents worth ... --- On 20 Dec 2013, at 10:57 am, Jan Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote: > [I guess the pushers for this approach in > Australia moved back to the 'home country' with the same predictable failure.] > > UK porn filters blocking education sites, domestic abuse hotlines > > Will Oremus > Published: December 20, 2013 - 9:32AM > > Of pornography, US Supreme Court Justice Potter > Stewart once claimed, "I know it when I see it." > The same, it seems, cannot be said for the > automated pornography filters that the British > government has required the country's major > internet providers to install on everyone's broadband service. > > An investigation by the BBC finds that the > filters – part of conservative Prime Minister > David Cameron's "war on porn" – are failing to > block some major porn sites. Worse, they are > blocking important educational sites, including > an award-winning, youth-focused sex-education > site called BishUK.com. Also blocked as > "pornographic" by British ISP TalkTalk's porn > filter are sites such as the homepage for the > Edinburgh Women's Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre. > Meanwhile, TalkTalk failed to block 7 per cent of > the 68 major porn sites tested by reporters for BBC's Newsnight. > > Another ISP, Sky, succeeded in blocking 99 per > cent of the actual porn sites tested, but also > blocked porn-addiction sites – which seems a > little counterproductive, no? A third provider, > BT, blocked online domestic-abuse resource centres. > > Parents' groups are also complaining that the > porn filters are problematic even when they work. > That's because they imply to parents that > children can be kept safe on the web simply by > activating certain filters, rather than by > actually talking to them about the risks > associated with various online behaviours. > > This is, of course, what happens when you take > your domestic-policy agenda from the Daily Mail, > whose anti-child-porn campaign was widely > credited with spurring Cameron to action. No > doubt this is all working quite well for the > Mail, however, which in addition being a > righteous crusader against pornography is one of > the web's leading purveyors of wardrobe malfunctions and sideboob. > > Slate > > This story was found at: > http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/uk-porn-filters-blocking-education-sites-domestic-abuse-hotlines-20131220-2zopp.html > > > > > Melbourne, Victoria, Australia > [email protected] > > Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, > you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space > between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. > ~Margaret Atwood, writer > > _ __________________ _ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
