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Pornography is under attack
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01 May 15 by James Temperton
The Conservative party has made its view on pornography abundantly clear: porn is damaging to children and must be kept under-wraps. Now the party is upping the ante.
Web filters have made it harder to access pornography online and recent changes to the law banned everything from spanking to facesitting in a bid to protect children from "harmful material". Now the Conservative party wants to go one step further and hide all pornographic websites behind an 18+ verification check. Critics argue the move sets a dangerous precedent.
Pornography under attack -- a timeline
April 2013 - David Cameron outlines plans to block porn from all public Wi-Fi hotspots
Hidden in the Conservative manifesto is a pledge to introduce age-verification on "all sites containing pornographic material". The policy was launched off the back of a NSPCC report that claimed a tenth of all 12 to 13 year olds thought they were "addicted" to pornography.
But how would the age-verification system work? A party spokesperson refused to provide specific details but did say it would be run by an independent regulator. This regulator would have the power to tell ISPs to block websites who do not comply, the spokesperson said, adding there would be no government involvement in deciding what should and shouldn't be age-restricted."
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Pornography is under attack
porn
01 May 15 by James Temperton
The Conservative party has made its view on pornography abundantly clear: porn is damaging to children and must be kept under-wraps. Now the party is upping the ante.
Web filters have made it harder to access pornography online and recent changes to the law banned everything from spanking to facesitting in a bid to protect children from "harmful material". Now the Conservative party wants to go one step further and hide all pornographic websites behind an 18+ verification check. Critics argue the move sets a dangerous precedent.
Pornography under attack -- a timeline
April 2013 - David Cameron outlines plans to block porn from all public Wi-Fi hotspots
Hidden in the Conservative manifesto is a pledge to introduce age-verification on "all sites containing pornographic material". The policy was launched off the back of a NSPCC report that claimed a tenth of all 12 to 13 year olds thought they were "addicted" to pornography.
But how would the age-verification system work? A party spokesperson refused to provide specific details but did say it would be run by an independent regulator. This regulator would have the power to tell ISPs to block websites who do not comply, the spokesperson said, adding there would be no government involvement in deciding what should and shouldn't be age-restricted."