Comments on: Why the UK’s porn filter plans are just an illusion http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/why-the-uks-porn-filter-plans-are-just-an-illusion/ Mon, 20 May 2013 06:48:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/why-the-uks-porn-filter-plans-are-just-an-illusion/#comment-859841 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:28:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538688#comment-859841 I am all for parents being able to protect their children, especially on the internet. But is enforcing everyone as a whole really fair? Why don’t the parents use one of the literally thousands of already available filtering programs and extensions? You can choose between hundreds of free programs or extensions that work pretty decent and usually require very little effort to install or use. Heck, more anti-viruses are even starting to support site filtering in their features.

]]> By: Rob AC http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/why-the-uks-porn-filter-plans-are-just-an-illusion/#comment-859738 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:43:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538688#comment-859738 So what their saying is you can have sex at 16 but can’t watch other people do it??

]]> By: Chris Puttick http://gigaom.com/2012/07/02/why-the-uks-porn-filter-plans-are-just-an-illusion/#comment-859736 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:33:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=538688#comment-859736 Couldn’t agree more about the efficacy of current filters; however there’s an additional issue; we should really be talking about age-appropriate content (all those who aren’t just out to block all that filthy smut!), and age-appropriateness is age-related. A catch-all filter at the connection level is not a solution to that; it either over-filters or under-filters (or both…). A proper solution handles different levels depending on the user being protected.

We are, as they say, working on it :)

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