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by tomp 2413 days ago
porn and VPN (to allow unfiltered internet) is charged extra though!
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That's a Tory policy. Let's hope a Labour Government would also get rid of that.
Labour was quite upset when the porn block was canceled:

> Labour attacked that announcement as “proof that an important policy issue has descended into utter shambles”.

And in 2013:

> David Cameron must bring in laws to restrict access to internet pornography and stop images of child abuse from being available online, Labour will say today.

> However, Labour is challenging the Government to go further by bringing in new legal protections, including an automatic block on online pornography unless users "opt-in" and a tighter obligation on web companies to weed out images of child abuse.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10114845/La...

I would expect Labour to put in place more blocks around things to protect the population against "extremist" content but porn would probably be ok for a while.
> Let's hope a Labour Government would also get rid of that

No forethought to what a future Tory government would do after the nation’s infrastructure are put under direct governmental control?

So the reason not to vote for Labour is that the Tories are too evil and can't be trusted?
The reason to avoid (ostensibly good Labour) government overreach is that you can't trust the Tories when they're in power.