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I've lived in countries with what seemed like real censorship to me. I guess there were warehouses of people somewhere with black marker pens, it was interesti
by cs02rm0 13y ago
I've lived in countries with what seemed like real censorship to me.
I guess there were warehouses of people somewhere with black marker pens, it was interesting to see the way they took different approaches as individuals applying the rules. Adjacent Nirvana Nevermind albums stick in my mind; one with a perfect rectangle drawn over the naked baby, one with swimming trunks creatively drawn on.
There's nothing amusing about this, no creativity to find in the black. It stinks of blanket censorship on a very inhuman level to me. But maybe my idea of censorship still isn't real enough. How much further does it have to go before it's real, how close should we get to that?
- DanBC 13y agoWhat changes need to be made to the uk system to make it more like proper censorship? 1: make it mandatory for all ISPs to provide it. 2: make it mandatory for all people to use it. 3: have a government supplied list of banned material 4: have penalties for being in possession of such material. At the moment ISPs are chosing to offer these filters (albeit with the threat of potential legislation). People don't have to use the filters. Not everyome is opted in by default, and for those who are there are proceedures to opt out. The government isn't supplying any lists of what to ban, they've just asked ISPs to make sure that under 18s are not getting access to pornography. And there are no penalties for possessing any content blocked by these filters. Someone can have terabytes of this stuff with no problems.