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Depends where in the EU. In the UK, DNS snooping by ISPs is universal, and in fact required by law under the pretext of blocking minors' access to porn.
by fmajid 7y ago
Depends where in the EU. In the UK, DNS snooping by ISPs is universal, and in fact required by law under the pretext of blocking minors' access to porn.
- throw0101a 7y ago> ... in fact required by law under the pretext of blocking minors' access to porn. [citation needed] Which law specifically? I was under the impression that this was currently being done voluntarily by the ISPs so that the government wouldn't start drafting legislation. (I could be wrong; I just want a referenced/definitive answer either way.)
- tialaramex 7y agoDigital Economy Act 2017 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/contents/enacted http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/contents/enacted The idea was, Porn sites need to obey UK government rules, if they /don't/ (and why would, for example, a Canadian porn site obey those rules?) then a censor (the BBFC that took on this role for video got that job) directs that ISPs should block the offending site using DNS blocks. In practice it keeps getting pushed out because it's hopeless from all angles.
- throw0101a 7y agoI wonder why PICS/POWDER never took off: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_for_Internet_Content_Selection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_for_Internet_Content_... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_for_Web_Description_Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_for_Web_Description_R... Self-labeling could then perhaps help third-party software filter things.