Farewell the ‘porn block’ – a PR exercise but lousy policy | Amy Orben

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Without greater access to our online habits, politicians cannot frame laws for the digital age

The UK government’s porn block was a dead man walking for months, if not years. It is long overdue that this attempt to curb children’s access to online pornography is scrapped. Almost two years ago, a close colleague and I sat in a meeting with one of the policymakers who had recently been asked to implement the proposal. The pained look on his face when we queried his progress confirmed our suspicions that it was an impossible task.

 

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Next they will try to ban masturbation.

A Useless Spoonheads in Parliament Block would've been better.

You mean I’ve been stockingpiling pages of Razzle in hedges for no reason?

Should be world wide... No child under 21 should have access to it

Suppose there had to be some benefits to having Bunga Bunga Johnson in charge as oppose to a vicars daughter.

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