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UK's internet seems to be broken to the core for a long while now. How come it came so far? People don't care? How come UK is so progressive in the censoring?
by dncornholio 4y ago
UK's internet seems to be broken to the core for a long while now. How come it came so far? People don't care? How come UK is so progressive in the censoring?
- switch007 4y agoWe’re very authoritarian in the sense of being submissive to power and liking parties that appear to be strong leaders, in England at least. We’re also greatly uneducated in critical thinking, so we’re easily swayed. Also very prudish. We love the party which advertises it’s tough on crime (emphasis on advertises) - the conservatives. They’ve been in power the majority of the time since WW2.
- Nextgrid 4y agoEvery government would like this, but I think the issue in the UK is that there's legitimately a lot of public support for "protecting" the children in a way that other countries don't have - so while every government would want this, UK succeeds where as most others don't (yet?) because commercial interests override it (this kind of filtering at scale is not cheap, so ISPs would rather not do it unless they are either forced to or get good PR from it).