The UK government's war on internet freedom

“Censorship and surveillance proposals would put the UK’s approach to internet freedom on par with authoritarian regimes.”

“Another bill, known as the Online Safety Act, would force ISPs and mobile network providers to automatically block porn by default. As the Daily Tech reported, “In order to gain access to pornographic material, a user that is over 18 years of age must call their provider and ask for it directly…

The Prime Minister is also reportedly considering rules requiring websites playing music videos to install age verification systems, because some music videos produced by popular artists like Rihanna, Beyoncé and Madonna are allegedly “highly suggestive”.”

Definitely worth a read.
More here: AlJazeeraEnglish

Posted on April 15th at 2:21 AM
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