Subscribers to four of the UK's biggest internet service providers will have to "opt in" if they want to view sexually explicit websites, as part of government-sponsored curbs on online pornography.
The measures will be unveiled on Tuesday as David Cameron hosts No 10 meeting with the Mothers' Union, a Christian charity. At the government's request the group's chief executive, Reg Bailey, led a review in tandem with Department of Education staff into the commercialisation and sexualisation of children. The Bailey report earlier this year produced a raft of proposals to shield children from sexualised imagery.
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The service providers involved are BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin. Customers who do not opt in to adult content will be unableto access pornographic websites.
UK ISPs to make porn opt-in
Posted on Thursday, October 13 2011 @ 21:56 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckGuardian reports four of the largest internet service provider sin the UK plan to block all porn websites and make them available only after users "opt in" if they want to view sexually explicit websites.
