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Originally Posted by VenzuelanChick
Exactly what I was thinking, Mobile porn in the UK about to go up.
it already works like this with Mobile companies, the default is family friendly, so you have to call to unblock porn, however thats a call you can make at any time and your wife doenst have to know.  |
Its not so simple as that.
They (or they did) ask for your credit card no to prove you are 18. Many do not have credit cards and those who do may not with to use it to unblock there phones.
This can be an easy way for isp's to make cash by charging a fee on your credit card to unblock.
The poblem is what is a portn site. Is only tease porn? Its mainly clothed and topless ladies. If that is porn then by rights the sun newspaper site should be blocked as it posts topless pics.
Do you block twitter as its full of porn pics?
What about google as it has rude pics in its google search.
Will all isp's share the same list. You may have your site blocked by oone isp but not another.
Will you block sex shop sites as they often have rude pics.
How about art photography sites?
If its done on the word porn, it will mean every news website and blog could be blocked if they have ever posted a story about porn as the word porn will be on the site.
You may find that your mainstrean site is blocked in the uk and you never know.
I can see the situation of such as a german or french (or any eu base) website (mainstream) being blocked in the uk and they do not find out for years. How much compansation they could claim from loss of earnings. EU law states that (I belive) any business has a right to trade in any ey country. so if there site is on a block, to me they could have a case.
In fact i do wonder under eu law if the goverment can do this or not.