Batu69 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 UK consumers of porn will have to ask their ISP to provide them with access to X-rated content. As the government continues its futile bid to sanitize the web, new customers signing up for internet access with Sky will find that an adult content filter is enabled by default. This means that anyone wanting to view content that has been deemed 'adult' will have to contact Sky to lift the block. The decision to make the content filter opt-out rather than opt-in was taken after it transpired that a mere 3 percent of existing users had taken the step of switching it on in the first year since its introduction in 2013. A second line of attack saw Sky emailing its customers at the beginning of 2015. The email gave users the choice of enabling the filter if they wanted, but if the correspondence was ignored, Sky assumed the filter was wanted and automatically enabled it. 62 percent of people who did respond opted to enable filtering. Sky says this is a "significantly higher engagement than any other broadband provider". But for new customers wanting to access porn, they will have to ask for it. The company says: Following the customers' positive response to that initiative, in 2016 Sky will be the first broadband company to automatically provide filtering to all its new customers. Quote Sky will continue to highlight the benefits of Sky Broadband Shield for customers, but this is just one way of protecting children online. Sky continues to support www.internetmatters.org which provides guidance and resources for parents. It offers advice on a variety of parental concerns including inappropriate content, cyber bullying and radicalisation as well 'how-to' guides for setting up parental controls on a range of devices. It is a move that is likely to be welcomed by parents -- and some non-parents -- but it will also spark debate about who decides what is classed as adult content and the repercussions that blocking could have on education and access to information. Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigmatism Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 In order to get a subscription to the "Sky" ISP, doesn't a person need to be legally an adult before they can get the service? This means that the ISP Sky assumes by default that a child is using the Internet, or at least that is exactly how EVERYONE in the UK is being treated...by default. This would be likened to having to call the government every time that you needed to start your car to go some place in order to prove you are the legal owner. If people can't see that this is utter horse crap and just another way for sickos in Sky to have tabs on your naughty life habits then I'm just sorry. This isn't the first ridiculous rule to be made and it won't be the last. Welcome to the ever growing prison planet. Take notice of how many new "restrictions" which are applied to you...take note of how many new rules are made in order to make you a criminal...or not trusted BY DEFAULT. In a nut shell what Sky has done here is taken ownership over their users freedom of choice to do as he or she pleases. All users of Sky are being treated like CHILDREN by default. NOW you have to tattle on yourself in order to watch porn. Sky should feel shame but all it is feeling right now is power and their love for power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 The ISP I used to be with sold out to Sky. It was the worst month of internet access I have ever suffered. I left them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossane Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 That sounds like a real issue for the brits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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