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Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by agravier on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @07:31AM (#6800713)
How is "blocking online sites" different than "filtering"?
Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by k-mcgrady on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @07:45AM (#6800781)
To me filter implies an automated system. This sounds more like they are blocking specific sites after investigating them.
Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by mhurron on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @08:19AM (#6800958)
I'm willing to bet the wording was picked very carefully to split this exact hair.

Automated systems get their block lists from investigations.

Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by vidarh on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @08:26AM (#6800996)
And I bet parliament is full of invisible pink unicorns.

We can speculate all we want, but making up claims that are totally unsupported, and presenting them as actual statements made by a specific person in this way is pure character assassination.

Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by EGreg on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @09:26AM (#6801376)
I always wondered, if the unicorns are invisible, in what sense are they pink?
Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by polymatter on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @10:57AM (#6802042)
I think that's part of the point of their proverbial existence. Their description isn't self-consistent, which is just further emphasizing these are objects that don't exist.
Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by EGreg on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @12:08PM (#6802581)
But then they don't match the thing being compared with, which at least MAY exist.
Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by pantalaimon on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @08:19AM (#6800960)
That doesn't make it any better.
Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by vidarh on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @08:34AM (#6801042)
That may be so, but that does not mean the title is supported by the article at all.
Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by sorenbs on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @07:39AM (#6800747)
I was thinking automatic filters that would block specific pages based on the output of some text analysis algorithm. This sounds more like a manually maintained blacklist, which would be very easy to work around using different users on social media and letting followers find you on Google.