Adult content - Age Verification system - April 2018

There is also some new technical advances coming to browsers soon that will make dns lookups happen locally and be encrypted. So the old style of dns look-up's that are then checked against a list of websites (similar to what they do when they ban websites) won't work.

It is a bit of a farce though when little johnny can just tune in to babestation at night and see softcore action.
 
Hades said:
No. As mentioned in the BBC article, sites which have less than a third of their content as porn will be exempt. That's why sites like Reddit will be fine, and the OcUK private forums of course. Luckily I got my access before the limit was raised.
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how are they going to assess that? are they going to make each porn/partial-porn site provide stats as to content and percentage of porny content? it will be obvious on some sites, not so much on others.
 

Interesting video showing the growing trend of adopting a more Chinese model of the internet with content control often sold in the guise of protecting citizens.

Seems one of the biggest factors in keeping the internet "open" was a belief that a closed internet would have a negative effect on economic growth but China has proven that this isn't necessarily the case so others are now following in a similar fashion.

Trouble is by placing entire countries behind firewalls they are also removing the "freedom" of mainly American companies to monetise peoples usage via ad tracking which could become a whole new aspect of trade wars.
 
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MonkeyMan said:

Interesting video showing the growing trend of adopting a more Chinese model of the internet with content control often sold in the guise of protecting citizens.

Seems one of the biggest factors in keeping the internet "open" was a belief that a closed internet would have a negative effect on economic growth but China has proven that this isn't necessarily the case so others are now following in a similar fashion.

Trouble is by placing entire countries behind firewalls they are also removing the "freedom" of mainly American companies to monetise peoples usage via ad tracking which could become a whole new aspect of trade wars.
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Stop right there citizen and repeat after me....

The government is our friend, the government will protect us, I will not question nor disobey.

Now move along.
 
I saw this in a newspaper article that they need more time to implement it due to potential risks with data leaks/security but given time these companies will start selling this information anyway.

Sad to see that some social media sites are getting a free pass (get it :p) though.
 
MonkeyMan said:

Interesting video showing the growing trend of adopting a more Chinese model of the internet with content control often sold in the guise of protecting citizens.

Seems one of the biggest factors in keeping the internet "open" was a belief that a closed internet would have a negative effect on economic growth but China has proven that this isn't necessarily the case so others are now following in a similar fashion.

Trouble is by placing entire countries behind firewalls they are also removing the "freedom" of mainly American companies to monetise peoples usage via ad tracking which could become a whole new aspect of trade wars.
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Governments have always wanted more control for themselves which means less freedom for their citizenry, the whole of human history has been periods of varying forms of slavery and revolutions.

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

People today seem to defend handing over their privacy and freedoms though under the guise of fighting terrorism, it's quite perverse really it's like some kind of Stockholm Syndrome.

"hi kidnap victim. I need to keep you locked in this room in my house to keep you safe from all of the nasty people outside, I'm doing it for your protection you understand".
 
mmj_uk said:
Governments have always wanted more control for themselves which means less freedom for their citizenry, the whole of human history has been periods of varying forms of slavery and revolutions.

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

People today seem to defend handing over their privacy and freedoms though under the guise of fighting terrorism, it's quite perverse really it's like some kind of Stockholm Syndrome.

"hi kidnap victim. I need to keep you locked in this room in my house to keep you safe from all of the nasty people outside, I'm doing it for your protection you understand".
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What worries me - people will likely give away the last bastion of freedom online without hesitation :( sadly all too few seem to understand the implications of what happens when only signed applications can communicate online and only hardware with a secure trusted platform type module is allowed to connect and/or OSes and hardware without such management are banned from sale.
 
I remember when the principle of the Internet was freedom of speech and helping each other. Governments now ship their responsibility to 'made men' in the private sector to shut free speech down.

It's interesting that Nick Clegg, former Lib Dem leader and was Deputy in the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition government, is now the deputy of Facebook, and is actually asking the government to regulate social media... asking for laws to be brought in.
 
BowdonUK said:
I remember when the principle of the Internet was freedom of speech and helping each other. Governments now ship their responsibility to 'made men' in the private sector to shut free speech down.

It's interesting that Nick Clegg, former Lib Dem leader and was Deputy in the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition government, is now the deputy of Facebook, and is actually asking the government to regulate social media... asking for laws to be brought in.
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That is simply so Facebook can shift the blame to the government for all it’s ills and failures. Much easier to make money without looking evil that way as everyone already hates the government!
 
BowdonUK said:
I remember when the principle of the Internet was freedom of speech and helping each other. Governments now ship their responsibility to 'made men' in the private sector to shut free speech down.

It's interesting that Nick Clegg, former Lib Dem leader and was Deputy in the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition government, is now the deputy of Facebook, and is actually asking the government to regulate social media... asking for laws to be brought in.
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I've been a geek since I was 12 in 1981 coding on micro computers. I was an early internet adopter. I saw such a bright future. But I hate the direction we are going. It's such a shame and a wasted opportunity.
 
Yeah, I know it dying is actually a good thing, but...I just wanted to see Boris do it, on TV holding up the porn ID and everything... now I'll never see that :(
 
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