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simple .XXX question Biggest four UK ISPs switching to 'opt-in' system for pornography

Gee no ISP can't block porn or .xxx .. but they can make you optin.. LOL
I wonder if the top UK ISP's would include all .xxx urls??
But hey dont worry the UK isnt one of the top 5 buyers of online membershis..
Wonder if ICM will fight this ban with the $MONEY$ they say they will fight porn bans..??? Time will tell...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...vice-providers
http://gizmodo.com/5848565/religious...in-porn-access

"Biggest four UK ISPs switching to 'opt-in' system for pornography

People who want to watch pornography online will have to 'opt in' with their internet service providers under measures to be announced by the PM. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian
Subscribers to four of the UK's biggest internet service providers will have to "opt in" if they want to view sexually explicit websites, as part of government-sponsored curbs on online pornography."
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"The service providers involved are BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin. Customers who do not opt in to adult content will be unableto access pornographic websites."

Wonder what the outcome of this will be among the EU webmasters that bought into .xxx

LONDON — ICM Registry, the operator of .XXX, on Tuesday said that it opposes the U.K.'s plan to adopt opt-in rules to receive online adult content in the country.
The plan "violates the basic principles that information online should be widely available and that individuals —not governments or service providers — should decide what they want to see," ICM Registry's Stuart Lawley said in a statement. "The default position should favor free expression, and people should not have to 'ask permission' to have access to the entire Internet."

http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=139515

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Originally Posted by porno jew (Post 18485354)

LONDON ? ICM Registry, the operator of .XXX, on Tuesday said that it opposes the U.K.'s plan to adopt opt-in rules to receive online adult content in the country.
The plan "violates the basic principles that information online should be widely available and that individuals ?not governments or service providers ? should decide what they want to see," ICM Registry's Stuart Lawley said in a statement. "The default position should favor free expression, and people should not have to 'ask permission' to have access to the entire Internet."

http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=139515

Your new avatar is quite handsome.

this should get interesting :)

It's nothing new. It's been on the cards for some time now. Lawley and ICM knew this would happen even before .XXX got approval.

I wonder how sincere he actually is with his quoted statement above.

You've had to do this with phones and 3g dongles for ages in the UK.

This will be very interesting indeed...