Censorship and the UK Porn Firewall

[djhead]

This month the UK government was due to launch its porn firewall. They have had difficulties getting it working, but if they do it has some worrying aspects.

The BBFC would be given control of allowed content, currently in the UK some of the sexual acts regularly seen on LP are not allowed on R18 video content, squirting, watersports. I suspect DAP and some of the rough sex would also be dissalowed.

More worrying is that the BBFC may be allowed to request ISPs to ban access to certain websites, LP and GGG would very likely be early targets for the above acts.

There is an article in Wired on the subject.

The UK Wired website - /article/porn-block-ban-in-the-uk-age-verifcation-law

It should be remembered that hard core pornography (anything showing penetrative acts) was banned in the UK prior to the late 1990s. It only became legal when the UK signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights and pornography providers challenged the prosecution of the selling of pornographic material. Now with the UK leaving Europe, the control of the media is being handed back to a right wing government as controled the country in between 1980 and 1997. As an example Ben Dover (Lindsey Honey) and his wife Lindsey Drew were both jailed in the 1980s for distribution of content far milder than anything seen on LP.

The restriction through ISPs is likely to affect the major suppliers, BT, Virgin, Sky, Talk Talk, etc. Those using smaller ISPs might be safe, however major net routing locations might be targeted - I am guessing.

We have already seen the US make some of LPs content banned in that country.

What are people's thoughts on this and how it might be worked around if it is implemented?

[JohnnyMcSpunkencock]

I haven't really considered the realities yet, thankfully

[Anotherfine]

Its been delayed until the end of the year and a VPN will get round it quite easily I'd imagine

[djhead]

Thanks for the replies. I suspect a VPN will be the answer if it is implemented and I also suspect that smaller ISPs won't bother with it.

Typical of this government trying to return to old censorship.

[Anotherfine]

Essentially the UK Govt are advocating piracy because if people can't get access to their favourite porn sites legally they'll find other ways and that will including illegal downloads etc, which in turn means the producers will lose money .. poor show all round

[DukeBishop]

Kodi

[Patrick.Moran]

no firewall amount of site blocking is ever going to stop horny motherfuckers of all ages seeking content with smoking hot young girls doing anal, double penetration and gangbangs

[boomhauer]

The UK has a lot of problems! You guys are living in 1984.

[dKqd6b]

Isn't this an opt-out blocking? I.e. blocking is enabled by default but you can order your provider to disable the blocking for your connection. That is what I heard years ago...

[djhead]

The opt out/opt in is for access to any porn, but what I read of the proposed legislation is that sites that do not conform to BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) rules will be blocked, probably by asking the ISPs to do so.

LP, GGG and many other sites show things that the BBFC would never pass.

[djhead]

Boomhauser, you are quite right this government is trying to take us back to 1984, in fact some MPs are trying to take us back 150 years, but that is a while different things to porn access.