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A comment on UK e-petition: Do Not Force ISP Filtering of Pornography and Other Content.

Re:UK e-petition: Do Not Force ISP Filtering of Pornography ... by motters on Sunday July 28, 2013 @06:44PM (#6118403)
Having signed a number of these in the past I can predict what the official response will be. They will say that they are not forcing anyone and that the system is entirely voluntary. They'll say it's on by default merely to help protect children from accessing inappropriate content, and they'll say that the block lists are under constant review by a panel of independent experts.
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Re:UK e-petition: Do Not Force ISP Filtering of Pornography ... by eksith on Sunday July 28, 2013 @07:06PM (#6118475)
That's pretty spot on.

As trite as this may sound, I can't help but remember that quote from the Matrix: "Choice is an illusion, created between those with power, and those without."

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Re:UK e-petition: Do Not Force ISP Filtering of Pornography ... by Joeboy on Monday July 29, 2013 @04:19AM (#6119903)
The point isn't to come up with a petition that the government is unable to think of a response to, the point is to show that censoring the internet is unpopular.
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Re:UK e-petition: Do Not Force ISP Filtering of Pornography ... by nextw33k on Monday July 29, 2013 @08:28AM (#6120591)
You missed the point, the petition asks not to create a bill for a filter. However the current filter is being put in place without ANY law being enacted. The PM is threatening the ISP's into doing this.

This is not a democracy because I actually wrote to my MP about last year. He said he would vote against it. However there has been no vote in the commons.

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