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by mysteriousllama 4462 days ago
My apologies. Being unfamiliar with UK law I mistakenly made the assumption that the blacklisting is legally required.

However it might as well be. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation#Blac... it is in effect on 90%+ of UK ISPs and there is significant pressure on ISPs to implement this technology.