The top comment about this on Reddit makes it sound much worse than just an opt-out pornography filter. (As if that wasn't bad enough..) Wish it was better sourced.
"It's much worse than a simple pornography website block, much worse.
From now on in the UK the government has the right to issue automatic blocks on any website found to contain adult content, they've also reserved the right to install web filters remotely to your computer, without your consent.
Essentially giving the government a blank check to block any website they deem inappropriate, this can at a whim include almost any website on the internet, definitely Reddit.
Not only that, but they've decided that anything depicting sexual violence against women is illegal, yes, that's right, own a clockwork orange? Own some bdsm? Too bad. Be prepared to get rid of it or face jail time.
They're also looking in to cracking down on "encrypted forums which allow criminals to hide their activities", which, in tandem with GCHQ documents released entitled "Mastering the internet", should immediately tell you that TOR/VPN/Proxies are soon to be outlawed.
They've already essentially made encryption in the UK illegal (You can be sentenced to 5 years in prison for not giving an encryption key to the government upon request, even if you genuinely don't know the key or never had it, too bad, even if the encrypted file contains sensitive personal information too bad).
Couple those above facts with the fact that there has been next to no mention of GCHQ's illegal activities in the British press, you can guarantee yourself that if you are a UK citizen, you have no right to privacy, no right to security, you will watch what the government wants you to watch and you will be ruined if you try to hide or watch something that displeases them.
You couldn't make this shit up, and nobody seems to care - do people genuinely like subjugation or are they simply so complacent they would give up everything for the sense of security?
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clarification on web filter issue"
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