The UK government's futile and ham-fisted attempts to purge the
Internet of all of its rough edges and naughty bits are about to
see international escalation. The country is only really just
kicking off their campaign to impose
porn
filters that not only often don't work, but also have so far
managed to accidentally block
numerous
entirely legal and useful websites including technology news
sites like Slashdot, digital rights groups like the EFF, rape
counseling websites, and more. David Cameron's government has
long-stated they want this filtering to eventually extend to
websites deemed "extremist" by the government, and it appears that
new proposals being drafted hope to make that a reality sooner
rather than later.
[...]
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140211/19014226192/uk-govt-goes-extraterritorial-to-clean-up-web-ministers-looking-to-block-extremist-videos-foreign-websites.shtml