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UK Porn Block Could Be a Ticking ‘Privacy Timebomb’

19 points by Prickly_Pear 7y ago

astazangasta 7y ago
I'll never understand the British tolerance of ubiquitous surveillance. The CCTV regime is appalling and makes me never want to visit. The Internet censorship by government is absurd, patronizing and infantilizing. (Yes, I'm familiar with the argument that it is "voluntary" since private carriers choose to implement it). Americans at least have a nominal demand for these sorts of civil liberties and raise some kind of objection to these things. Do folks in the UK feel differently? How could such draconian measures have appeared in a free society?
- johnday 7y ago
  > The CCTV regime is appalling and makes me never want to visit. You understand that the vast majority of CCTV is privately operated, right? It's not like there's some universal network of cameras being watched extensively for naughty behaviour.
  - NikkiA 7y ago
    And AFAIR was overtaken by US private CCTV monitoring about 10 years ago.
    - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
      The UK ones are covered by GDPR and other restrictions on what you can do with the camera footage and how long you can keep it.
- Iamgroot1992 7y ago
  There are many civil rights groups which oppose growing surveillance. It’s not simply a case of millions upon millions of cameras monitoring our every move, though. There are restrictions on what images and footage can be used for.
waldorf58 7y ago
For a party whose supporters harp on about ‘sovereignty of the individual’ so often, the Conservatives don’t half like to intrude into people’s private lives. Why is it always sex-related?
LinuxBender 7y ago
None of this was ever really required. All that was required was: 1) Make a law requiring all websites that allow user contributed content to enable RTA headers within {n} period of time. 2) Then make a law requiring all browsers and web apps look for that header and enforce parental controls within {y} period of time. That's it. That puts the control in the hands of the parents and lets them decide if their progeny are ready for adult content. No need to give up PII.

19 points by Prickly_Pear 7y ago

I'll never understand the British tolerance of ubiquitous surveillance. The CCTV regime is appalling and makes me never want to visit. The Internet censorship by government is absurd, patronizing and infantilizing. (Yes, I'm familiar with the argument that it is "voluntary" since private carriers choose to implement it). Americans at least have a nominal demand for these sorts of civil liberties and raise some kind of objection to these things. Do folks in the UK feel differently? How could such draconian measures have appeared in a free society?

johnday 7y ago
> The CCTV regime is appalling and makes me never want to visit. You understand that the vast majority of CCTV is privately operated, right? It's not like there's some universal network of cameras being watched extensively for naughty behaviour.
- NikkiA 7y ago
  And AFAIR was overtaken by US private CCTV monitoring about 10 years ago.
  - NeedMoreTea 7y ago
    The UK ones are covered by GDPR and other restrictions on what you can do with the camera footage and how long you can keep it.
Iamgroot1992 7y ago
There are many civil rights groups which oppose growing surveillance. It’s not simply a case of millions upon millions of cameras monitoring our every move, though. There are restrictions on what images and footage can be used for.

waldorf58 7y ago

For a party whose supporters harp on about ‘sovereignty of the individual’ so often, the Conservatives don’t half like to intrude into people’s private lives. Why is it always sex-related?

LinuxBender 7y ago

None of this was ever really required. All that was required was: 1) Make a law requiring all websites that allow user contributed content to enable RTA headers within {n} period of time. 2) Then make a law requiring all browsers and web apps look for that header and enforce parental controls within {y} period of time. That's it. That puts the control in the hands of the parents and lets them decide if their progeny are ready for adult content. No need to give up PII.