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Re:Cameron's Internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that... by ColinWright on Monday December 23, 2013 @02:12PM (#6955979) 

  > anyone downvoting actually live in the UK? Any of
  > you actually have any hard facts? Or are you just
  > regurgitating the crap you read on the internet.
I haven't downvoted you, but I do live in the UK, and I am informed by at least three colleagues that their sites are now being blocked whereas they previously were not blocked. Further, they are reporting serious difficulties getting them unblocked, one spending over 40 minutes on the phone trying to get the person on the other end to understand that they are the site owner, and not simply someone wanting to get access to the site.

So yes, I can confirm that I live in the UK, and am not just "regurgitating the crap [I] read on the internet."

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Re:Cameron's Internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that... by kintamanimatt on Monday December 23, 2013 @02:29PM (#6956051)
What kind of site are they running?
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Re:Cameron's Internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that... by ColinWright on Monday December 23, 2013 @02:44PM (#6956133)
The ones I work with are math sites - one example is http://nrich.maths.org/frontpage, another is http://www.samholloway.co.uk/.

Here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcME5NvCAAAeslD.png

I'm also told that Boots, CEOP, Childline, HM Govt, NHS, Police, and Samaritans sites are blocked, although I don't have first-hand confirmation.

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Re:Cameron's Internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that... by kintamanimatt on Monday December 23, 2013 @03:15PM (#6956286)
Math sites are blocked as unsuitable for kids?!! That's utterly absurd. The British government needs to abandon this puritan initiative.
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Re:Cameron's Internet filter goes far beyond porn - and that... by desas on Monday December 23, 2013 @05:07PM (#6956832)
That screenshot says it's blocked on the opt in under12 filter, that's been running for years. It's a whitelist, those sites have probably always been blocked on it. 
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