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> "web forums" and "esoteric material" Well there you go. Very unspecified. You can kiss "the free internet" goodbye. This site might even be under threat. It
by leke 13y ago
> "web forums" and "esoteric material"
Well there you go. Very unspecified. You can kiss "the free internet" goodbye.
This site might even be under threat. It does have the word hacker in its title. Then there are hacking forums related to breaking into systems. Even though we use them for learning about securing systems, I see the government disagreeing.
- kybernetyk 13y agoAren't reddit and HN web forums?
- jrockway 13y agoAbsolutely. The list of categories sounds like the list of categories popular filtering software provides. I was behind a transparent proxy that applied these rules at a former employer, and yes, HN and Reddit were both blocked. Of course, they only blocked news.ycombinator.com and not news.ycombinator.net, which just goes to show you how useless these filters are for protecting children and how useful they are for "accidentally" blocking political oponents for a couple days.
- InclinedPlane 13y agoAren't flickr, tumblr, twitter, youtube, and facebook also web forums?
- aegiso 13y agoTotally, but nobody believes these will be blocked by default. That's how censorship works. It's arbitrary and at the whims of those in power.
- ballard 13y agoQui tacet consentire videtur. Silence gives consent. This demands vigilant civil disobedience in the strongest terms possible. Make camp in Victoria and let Cameron know that this is not okay.
- rmc 13y agoI will point out that Wikipedia was filtered by the UK ISP anti-child-porn filter.