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Re:Virgin Media, why are you manipulating my traffic? by matthewmacleod on Monday March 31, 2014 @07:20PM (#7505023)
This is not correct. There is no law on the books in the UK which compels ISPs to filter content. There are a couple of court orders in place on some larger ISPs to block access to a few sites, however.
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Re:Virgin Media, why are you manipulating my traffic? by mysteriousllama on Monday March 31, 2014 @07:28PM (#7505091)
My apologies. Being unfamiliar with UK law I mistakenly made the assumption that the blacklisting is legally required.

However it might as well be. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation#Blac... it is in effect on 90%+ of UK ISPs and there is significant pressure on ISPs to implement this technology.

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