In
November I wrote about Nanny Cameron's plans for ISP's to block on porn sites:
"Nanny wants all new computers purchased and ISP services signed up for
to ask their proud new owners at their first login whether they have
children.
In the event the answer is "yes", the parent will be taken through the process
of installing anti-pornography filters, as well as a series of questions on
how stringent they wish the restrictions to be.
ISP's will also be told by Nanny to prompt existing customers to install the technology
to block pornography."
I noted that the plan was of course bollocks and wouldn't work:
"It is quite clear that Nanny doesn't understand how the net works, nor
indeed how cunning and bright the average teenager can be when looking
to circumvent rules and regulations."
Less than one month on, and I am gemused to see that Nanny Cameron has vetoed the idea.
For why?
1 Parents who were "consulted" on the matter said that they didn't want it and, quite correctly, asserted that it was up to them
NOT THE STATE to govern their children.
2 Nanny realised that the plan was bollocks and wouldn't work, it would in fact end up censoring/blocking sites that are designed to help children wrt sex etc.
3 The "danger" of the interent to children lies not so much with bums and boobies, but with those individuals (adults and children) who use it to bully/abuse others (hence parents would be wise to remind their kids not to talk to strangers.....as I was always told in an era gazillions of years before the internet).
So there we are folks, Nanny Cameron was told that the plan was bollocks and we can, for the moment, continue to wank ourselves unconscious in the privacy of our own home when using the net.
However, make the most of it whilst you can, as ever with Nanny and her acolytes she doesn't like it when her plans are thwarted. The NSPCC is already trying to rubbish the consultation, by claiming that parents' voices were not properly heard (I assume they mean the voices of those parents who agree with Nanny's plans).
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