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Originally Posted by J­e­l
where was this fuss when the exact same thing happened with smartphones? Fuck all happened to hurt anything then, and fuck all will happen this time a) because it's unworkable b) because even if it did happen, people will opt out, exactly like they did with their mobile phone network provider with zero effect on porn slingers, or porn surfers.
Out of interest, if there were tons and tons of tubes with thousands upon thousands of hours of real gore videos, freely available with the click of a mouse to anyone with an internet connection, mentioned freely in mainstream media, would that sit ok with everyone? Genuine question.
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tons and tons of tubes with thousands upon thousands of hours of real gore videos, freely available with the click of a mouse to anyone with an internet connection, mentioned freely in mainstream media
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and how relevant is this. But I do understand that you are pro this censorship. Of course you are allowed to have your own opinion whatever your arguments are valid or not. However, other people should have the right to their own opinions and choices too.
And this is exactly about it. About freedom of choice!
99% of open minded sober people do not like to have their internet access censored.
Let adult people decide what is good for them and what is not. And parents... if they cannot sacrifice 1 hour of their precious time to make sure their kids will have no access to adult materials then I think they should never be parents in the first place. Period!
But the British government just announced it and did not give people the freedom of choice. This is not right for democratic, civilized country.
As I've already said there are other much more reliable and right ways to protect minors from the evil internet. All it takes is a good will and a few minutes of spare time.
1 - All most popular operating systems have user profiles, it's easy to set up a profile for minors with an access to only white-listed websites using either system settings or an appropriate application, then assuming the profile has no administrator privileges it's not possible to change any of these settings.
2 - There is a proper filtering software created for this purpose already. Period.