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Because the foreseeable next step is "hey, these filters are already in place we should at least block out cp". They are building up the infrastructure up to th
by stfu 13y ago
Because the foreseeable next step is "hey, these filters are already in place we should at least block out cp". They are building up the infrastructure up to the stage where a transition to the next step is going to be with no cost to providers and immediately doable. It just needs the political opportune climate to push it through. A sort of being ready for the "happy accident".
- lclarkmichalek 13y agoThat's already done. There is a nationwide child porn filter that was implemented roughly 10 years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanfeed_(content_blocking_system) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanfeed_(content_blocking_sys....
- stfu 13y agoDid not know that. But then again the slippery slope argument totally lives up to my expectations: * In the UK the use of Cleanfeed was later extended to block websites that link to (without necessarily themselves hosting) copyrighted material distributed without its owner's authorisation.