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Your comment is quite disingenuous. The major ISPs offer parental filters that can be used to block many different types of content, and specific websites, but

Your comment is quite disingenuous. The major ISPs offer parental filters that can be used to block many different types of content, and specific websites, but they are not the default: they are opt-in. The default (opt-out) filter with BT for example is "Light"[1], which only blocks the content you'd expect to be blocked by a "family-friendly" filter. To block Media Streaming, Fashion, Sex Education and File Sharing you have to opt-in to "Strict"[2]. If someone opts out of the default ("mandatory") filter they are opting out of a porn filter, not a sex education filter. [1] http://i.imgur.com/5IN6VGC.png http://i.imgur.com/5IN6VGC.png [2] http://i.imgur.com/PinT3xy.png http://i.imgur.com/PinT3xy.png

coriny 12y ago
Your comment is quite disingenuous. The major ISPs parental filters have all suffered numerous false positives and varying commitment to fixing the problems. The porn filters particularly often block access to sex education, anti-bullying, and support sites for young gay/transgender etc (also I believe some charity sites for women suffering from sexual and physical abuse at home). If someone opts out of the default filter they are ensuring that people in their household can access support they may need, not just letting porn in.
richardwigley 12y ago
My experience was: my ISP was talktalk, under a business account run from home (SOHO?), One day, un-opted, they started censoring sites - dating sites - which would seem to be strict under the BT definition. While that might be as expected for a business it wasn't a service that was asked for.
robin_reala 12y ago
That’s still so obstructive as to be useless for any normal adult. For example I was banned from seeing the opening times for a local brewery tour by default on my mobile connection; had to phone them up to unblock it.

coriny 12y ago

Your comment is quite disingenuous. The major ISPs parental filters have all suffered numerous false positives and varying commitment to fixing the problems. The porn filters particularly often block access to sex education, anti-bullying, and support sites for young gay/transgender etc (also I believe some charity sites for women suffering from sexual and physical abuse at home). If someone opts out of the default filter they are ensuring that people in their household can access support they may need, not just letting porn in.

richardwigley 12y ago

My experience was: my ISP was talktalk, under a business account run from home (SOHO?), One day, un-opted, they started censoring sites - dating sites - which would seem to be strict under the BT definition. While that might be as expected for a business it wasn't a service that was asked for.

robin_reala 12y ago

That’s still so obstructive as to be useless for any normal adult. For example I was banned from seeing the opening times for a local brewery tour by default on my mobile connection; had to phone them up to unblock it.