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I wonder what the big picture is here, who is really behind it. There has to have been some company lobbying their asses off, a company either already in this b
by Freestyler_3 13y ago
I wonder what the big picture is here, who is really behind it.
There has to have been some company lobbying their asses off, a company either already in this business or a company expanding.
Is it true that its Huawei?
- MisterWebz 13y agoI've been thinking about this as well. A lot of people seem to think that the plan is to, at first, block porn under the guise of protecting the children and then move on to full blown censorship. If that is true, then who are the people that came up with this plan? Has there been a company that has been lobbying just to sell more equipment? Are people in the government realizing that free flow of information makes their jobs harder? Or do they want to trick people into believing that they care about the children? What's really frustrating is that, while people report on things like this, you never really seem to understand what the main driving force is behind decisions like these.
- spiralpolitik 13y agoFor a little bit of history for those outside of the UK check out the Wikipedia history on Section 28 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28). The same political party that legislated Section 28 in the 80s is the same political party pushing the filters today. It's simply about suppressing information about ideas and lifestyles the Conservatives and Daily Mail readers do not approve of. It really is that simple.
- desas 13y agoThere's not one filter, some of the most popular ISP have been talked into installing their own, which they will manage themselves.