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by DoItToMe81 1516 days ago
We had considered implementing a very extensive filter in the early 2000s. What started as blocking porn sites with questionable moderation and a fair amount of pedophiles transformed (before it was even codified into law!) into sites being blocked for personal offences, including a dentist's business site with a gif the censor board objected to, and perceived moral degeneration, likesites on safe usage of drugs and how to avoid overdosing.

It wasn't even a slippery slope, it was more of a crumbling ledge.

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...it was more of a crumbling ledge.

-- DoItToMe81 Sun May 1, 2022