I've been thinking about this as well. A lot of people seem to think that the plan is to, at first, block porn under the guise of protecting the children and then move on to full blown censorship.

If that is true, then who are the people that came up with this plan? Has there been a company that has been lobbying just to sell more equipment? Are people in the government realizing that free flow of information makes their jobs harder? Or do they want to trick people into believing that they care about the children?

What's really frustrating is that, while people report on things like this, you never really seem to understand what the main driving force is behind decisions like these.

For a little bit of history for those outside of the UK check out the Wikipedia history on Section 28 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28).

The same political party that legislated Section 28 in the 80s is the same political party pushing the filters today.

It's simply about suppressing information about ideas and lifestyles the Conservatives and Daily Mail readers do not approve of. It really is that simple.

There's not one filter, some of the most popular ISP have been talked into installing their own, which they will manage themselves.