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by 192431665
4131 days ago
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Not quite. Most of the big ISPs were required to add an 'adult content' filter, which yes, basically blocks porn among other things.
When signing up for a new broadband connection, the box enabling this 'adult content' filter is ticked by default, meaning you have to actively untick it.
ISPs are also required to contact all existing customers somehow and ask them whether or not they want the filter enabled. No laws have been passed yet to enforce ISPs to do this, just pressure from David Cameron and campaigns by the Daily Mail and 'parent' groups and stuff, although David Cameron did say if the recently implemented system was not effective enough they would have to legislate (the problem now, is whether the 4-8% takeup on all but one isp is 'effective'.) |
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When trying to view an adult content website using my mobile data connection, I arrived on that wonderful "blocked content" page. To get it removed, I could use a credit card. Oh, but not any credit card. The one I have from my country of origin wasn't valid, not even the one from my previous country of residence. I needed a UK credit card, which I didn't have yet. The only option was to go back in a store, with my passport, and say "Yes dear Sir/Madam I would like my internet with porn enabled please". It was (almost) faster to setup a vpn.
Also, note that I say _adult content_, not even porn, as some website that do not contain specifically porn are blocked as well.