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No we’ll just need a pornography watcher’s license. But don’t worry, it’ll just be in your Apple wallet next to your Apple Card.

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We've got that in the UK. Most (all?) cell service providers require you to call them up and ask them to unblock your access to "NSFW" sites over mobile data.

I recall the Vodafone customer service rep very distinctly asking me, "Sir, are you aware that this will mean you will be able access websites of an adult nature?" and replying with a resounding "Yes, I look forward to it, please go ahead!"

> websites of an adult nature

Overly formal language like this always cracks me up.

I've no doubt btw that the language and the strident tone used by the rep are meant to nudge (perhaps even shame?) the customer away from enabling this option. Joke's on them!

> perhaps even shame the customer

absolutely! i hear you

Irritatingly, it's also accurate, since it's not just a porn block.

I got blocked by the filter when trying to reach urbandictionary.com.

That's so strange!

The UK did not go through with the porn block. You can perfectly well set up an account without any NSFW filtering, and as far as I can remember, it wasn't even 'opt out'. I'm with Virgin--oh the irony--and have never had any filtering.

If it happened to you, perhaps you just happened to set up your ISP when there was _talk_ of the bill, but ultimately it didn't pass.

"UK's controversial 'porn blocker' plan dropped": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50073102

The GP was talking specifically about cellular (mobile) data. Three[0], Vodafone[1], EE[2] and O2[3] all have an adult content filter enabled by default for mobile data.

[0] http://ask3.three.co.uk/srvs/cgi-bin/webisapi.dll/,/?new,kb=...

[1] https://www.vodafone.co.uk/about-us/code-of-practice/content...

[2] https://ee.co.uk/help/help-new/safety-and-security/content-l...

[3] https://www.o2.co.uk/help/safety-and-security/age-restricted...

This is similar to what's happening in the UK - https://www.ageid.com/

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