Opt - in for Porn?

[chanel]

PORN could be automatically blocked from every computer in Britain under government plans to protect kids, it emerged today. The radical move would force people to ask internet service providers (ISPs) to lift restrictions before they could log on to saucy sites.

Ministers hope the idea will stop children being exposed to sex at an early age.

He hopes they will agree to ditch the current "opt-out" system - where people have to turn on computer "parental controls" to block porn - in favour of the "opt-in" idea.

Campaigner Miranda Suit, of charity Safermedia, said: "In the past, internet porn was regarded as a moral issue or a matter of taste.

"Now it has become a mental health issue because we know the damage it is causing.

"We are seeing perverse sexual behaviour among children.

"Legislation is both justifiable and feasible."

Porn block on PCs | The Sun |News

Comments?

 

[JBeukema]

Comments?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I don't necessarily think it is a bad idea.
A better one I always thought was to have all porn sites to have a ".xxx" domain address, as an example "www.redtube.xxx".
This would make it easy for parents to block access to all .xxx sites.

In all honesty, something should have been done to this effect a long time ago.
It has always been incredibly stupid for porn to be so easily available to children.
Parental blocks are easy to get around, there are 1000 sites that tell kids how to do it.

Whether it is this or not - something should change.

 

[editec]

Making it possible for parents to block such stuff coming into their homes makes perffect sense.

Blocking it from anybody viewing it is an affront to personal liberty.

 

[chanel]

I agree that iit is way too accessible to children, but its a slippery slope. Anyone who has experienced parental control programs or blocks at work can tell you that useful, benign sites are often blocked as well. I can't imagine any government agency doing a better job, can you? I like that xxx domain idea.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Making it possible for parents to block such stuff coming into their homes makes perffect sense.

Blocking it from anybody viewing it is an affront to personal liberty.

I agree, EXCEPT that it is not actually blocking it for everyone. One can still get their fix all they have to do is ask for it.

Torn on this one. The slippery slope of course is that next step is no access and the fact that with this set up cops could simply claim because you have access and have children they are exposed.

 

[Blagger]

It would seem that, once again, no-one has read the article. Yet again, Americans have all fallen into the trap that is otherwise known as the British Press. This 'article' has been built on a proposal, and has dressed it up as an eventuality. No broadband provider will agree to this proposal, which, if you actually read the article, is actually an informal meeting between ministers and internet provider representatives. I can quite confidently assure you that there will be no blocking of any adult IP addresses in the UK.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I agree that iit is way too accessible to children, but its a slippery slope. Anyone who has experienced parental control programs or blocks at work can tell you that useful, benign sites are often blocked as well. I can't imagine any government agency doing a better job, can you? I like that xxx domain idea.

The .xxx is not a new idea.
Back when the internet was relatively small..say 1990 or so. The 3 digit suffix was going to be used to "organize" the net.
.gov...government
.edu...education
.org...organization
.net...administrative sites.
As well as by country..example .au for Australia.
The country suffix took hold, as well as .gov, .edu and .org.
But then it more or less died after that. .com became virtually "everything else".
Blocking software trying to block sites by content is incredibly inefficient, and virtually impossible.
Blocking a site by a suffix would have been very easy, and very effective.

You can blame the early "the internet is free!!!" gurus for failing to organize the internet early on.

 

[Douger]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. A war on porn !
Another complete failure.

 

[Marc39]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. A war on porn !
Another complete failure.

Porn is the closest you'll ever get to a girlfriend, needle dick.

 

[Luissa]

Let the parents deal with it. If their cchildren are looking at porn, it is their problem and their fault.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

Government managing what you can view is always a bad idea.

And where are the parents when the kids are at the computer. When they are here, I am right there when they are at the computer.

You should never allow government to do your job for you.

 

[MaggieMae]

I agree that iit is way too accessible to children, but its a slippery slope. Anyone who has experienced parental control programs or blocks at work can tell you that useful, benign sites are often blocked as well. I can't imagine any government agency doing a better job, can you? I like that xxx domain idea.

I thought I liked both ideas, until I started thinking how cunning today's IT experts can be. They would soon figure out a way to embed benign looking hyperlinks into non-porn material, or some other method of getting getting around restrictions.

There's a documentary on G4 repeated every now and then called "Wired for Sex," which tells how the adult porn industry is barely interested in film or print anymore. It's ALL directed to Internet access, whether its hard-core porn for pervs or soft-core porn intended to jump start (pun intended) a couple's sex life. But none of it is restricted, except for the usual caveat "The following may be offensive to..." So, where there's demand, there's no way placing controls on content will be effective. It's tantamount to supermarkets not displaying Penthouse magazine in the checkout lines--but if you want a copy, you sure don't have to walk far to find one.

 

[MaggieMae]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. A war on porn !
Another complete failure.

And that's clearly because emotions and other brain activity can't be regulated. Porn has been around since man spawned from amoeba! Emphasis on "man"??

 

[eots]

and then we can have someone do the same with what they judge as hate ,greed. violence etc...it will be great !!

 

[Modbert]

I don't necessarily think it is a bad idea.
A better one I always thought was to have all porn sites to have a ".xxx" domain address, as an example "www.redtube.xxx".
This would make it easy for parents to block access to all .xxx sites.

In all honesty, something should have been done to this effect a long time ago.
It has always been incredibly stupid for porn to be so easily available to children.
Parental blocks are easy to get around, there are 1000 sites that tell kids how to do it.

Whether it is this or not - something should change.

This is a terrible idea and opens the door for future action that is very similar to this.

Instead of trying to punish the entire population because some people don't take care of their kids, why not there be more responsibility taken on the part of the parents?

 

[Trajan]

It would seem that, once again, no-one has read the article. Yet again, Americans have all fallen into the trap that is otherwise known as the British Press. This 'article' has been built on a proposal, and has dressed it up as an eventuality. No broadband provider will agree to this proposal, which, if you actually read the article, is actually an informal meeting between ministers and internet provider representatives. I can quite confidently assure you that there will be no blocking of any adult IP addresses in the UK.

can you check and get back to us?

 

[Big Black Dog]

Kids should not be exposed to porn at such an early age. They need to wait until they are 16 and get their driver's licenses and take their girl friend parking. They can see their first set of tits there and that's soon enough. Until then, it's only National Geographic mags and native women.

 

[Trajan]

I don't necessarily think it is a bad idea.
A better one I always thought was to have all porn sites to have a ".xxx" domain address, as an example "www.redtube.xxx".
This would make it easy for parents to block access to all .xxx sites.

In all honesty, something should have been done to this effect a long time ago.
It has always been incredibly stupid for porn to be so easily available to children.
Parental blocks are easy to get around, there are 1000 sites that tell kids how to do it.

Whether it is this or not - something should change.

This is a terrible idea and opens the door for future action that is very similar to this.

Instead of trying to punish the entire population because some people don't take care of their kids, why not there be more responsibility taken on the part of the parents?

interesting. I sorta of agree, yea I am hedging, I like the xxx domain idea but....


q- do you sppt. the FCC opting to manage the net?

 

[Trajan]

Kids should not be exposed to porn at such an early age. They need to wait until they are 16 and get their driver's licenses and take their girl friend parking. They can see their first set of tits there and that's soon enough. Until then, it's only National Geographic mags and native women.

you're dating yourself bro....