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Among the many reasons this is frightening: >"Smart Sheriff" app was funded by the South Korean government primarily to block access to pornography and other o
by GeneralMayhem 11y ago
Among the many reasons this is frightening:
>"Smart Sheriff" app was funded by the South Korean government primarily to block access to pornography and other offensive content online. But its features go well beyond that.
So forcibly blocking "offensive content" is a-ok, it's only when it goes beyond that that there's a problem.
- stephengillie 11y agoSomething that is a Slippery Slope to one person is Progress to another.
- pki 11y agoSK already has national "great firewall" that does heavy censorship, not only porn is blocked.
- mg1982 11y agoReddit and, for some reason, techcrunch, for example. Scared the shit out of me the first time I got this: https://readtiger.com/img/wkp/en/KCSC-Warning.png https://readtiger.com/img/wkp/en/KCSC-Warning.png
- pki 11y agoWhy settle for an image? http://warning.or.kr http://warning.or.kr Bonus 2001 javascript throwback: they try to block right click.
- yellowapple 11y agoI love how the whole top banner is a static image.
- bjornsteffanson 11y agoThen you're going to love every other Korean website, too.