US To Block All Internet Porn

By default, Internet service providers will soon block porn from reaching consumers, and make possession of certain types of extreme material a criminal offense.

“Many children are watching online pornography — and finding other damaging material online — at an increasingly young age,” according to the written transcript of a speech that Cameron delivered this morning (July 22). “Our children are growing up too fast. They are getting distorted ideas about sex and being pressured in a way we have never seen before.”

Cameron has adopted a multipronged approach to dealing with online pornography, which leverages the abilities of the British government, major search engines and Internet service providers.

The real kicker comes at home. Four British communications companies — TalkTalk, Virgin, Sky and BT — supply 9 out of 10 British broadband customers with Internet, and by default, they will soon block adult content.

“By the end of this year, when someone sets up a new broadband account, the settings to install family-friendly filters will be automatically selected,” said Cameron. “Once your filters are installed, they will cover any device connected to your home Internet account.” This policy will only affect new broadband customers.

Aside from the obvious concerns about a government body co-opting private companies, this system also introduces inconveniences to customers who have no children, or who prefer to filter content themselves. Furthermore, since the filter installs automatically for new customers unless specified otherwise, many people will likely install them unknowingly and be confused when they can’t access porn later.

Cameron has also called on search engines to be vigilant about its child pornography search results. He has offered government data to companies like Google, Bing and Yahoo with the hope that they will eventually stop offering any results for images of child pornography.

Finally, Cameron has taken a firm stance against “extreme” pornography that deals with simulated rape. “These images normalize sexual violence against women — and they are quite simply poisonous to the young people who see them,” he said. “[We are] making it a criminal offense to possess Internet pornography that depicts rape.”

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Write by: RC - Wednesday, July 24, 2013