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Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by josephagoss on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @07:32AM (#6800716)
"blocking online sites" implies filter, does it not? Obviously they won't actually put filter in the text, that would be far too direct for a politician.
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Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by ohwp on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @07:48AM (#6800800)
There is a difference. A filter is a dumb blocking mechanism while blocking a specific site could involve research, warrants and so on.
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Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by josephagoss on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @07:54AM (#6800835)
It could involve "research, warrants and so on" but if the UK builds up a large enough intelligence capacity [1], Those warrants and research can be mass processed and then how is this different from a filter? It might not be dumb but it is still a filter.

[1] This might not be true, but I feel that Englands intelligence capacity per capita is far greater than any other country in the world.

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Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by vidarh on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @08:14AM (#6800940)
That's not a sufficient reason for making up unsupported titles.
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Re:UK Prime Minister: We have put in place Internet filters ... by Stubbs on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @09:41AM (#6801490)
It could, but the title says they have done it, which they haven't.
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