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It should be opt in so most people get it by default. When it's opt out you're one database leak away from being able to out out all those awful people who like
by Larrikin 13y ago
It should be opt in so most people get it by default. When it's opt out you're one database leak away from being able to out out all those awful people who like boobs. If a law like this was passed I'm sure the climate is such that a list like that would be useful for black mail
- vidarh 13y agoThere's no law backing this filter: It's pushed through via the UK governments favourite backdoor way of getting unaccountable censorship through, namely the threat of legislation unless the private companies involved act on their own accord. The private companies avoid pesky government involvements, and the government can wash their hand of it if/when something goes wrong. See also how UK ISPs delegate child porn filtering to a totally unaccountable organisation called the Internet Watch Foundation.