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I'm in the UK and I don't recognise what's being said there about a child safe internet you can opt out of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_blocking_in_the_United_Kin...

And, of course, they're not stopping.

In Liz Truss' first PMQs yesterday one of the questions was on pushing for a return of the online safety bill for further "regulation" of the internet, which Truss said is going to come back, for the under 18s of course.

https://youtu.be/1ZCTQwljRqs?t=3428

All internet access on consumer-grade mobile plans is restricted by default and you have to explicitly opt-out of the filtering.

Exactly, it doesn't exist yet and im extremely sceptical it ever would. It makes me lose trust in the rest of the article. Shame.

Exactly - there is no default blocking of adult material in the UK, it's scaremongering based on proposed legislation that will probably never make it to the statute books. Some ISPs and telcos have implemented their own systems to protect children, which is a policy matter for them and them alone. There are plenty of ISPs who give you a raw unfiltered Internet. As a result of this inaccuracy, it weakens the rest of the talk for me - how much else is being made up?

So the wikipedia article [0] is wrong? It says the big 4 (TalkTalk, Sky, BT and Virgin) all implemented it. Or do you say that because some tiny ISPs don’t that it’s scaremongering?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_blocking_in_the_United_Kin...

They were told by the goverment "If you don't do it on your own, we will make you do it", so the big ISPs did (BT, Virgin, Sky, TalkTalk). This was back in 2012.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/parents-asked-if-adult-we...

> But ministers have always been clear that if industry did not go far enough or fast enough, the government would consider further action - including potentially regulation.

The filter is turned on by default from the biggest ISPs however each one of them asks if you would like to disable it during the onboarding process.

Same goes for mobile internet, the only diffence there is if you are using PAYG you have to validate your age via a credit card or using a form of ID at your providers local store.

>it's scaremongering based on proposed legislation that will probably never make it to the statute books.

As someone following this horrendous bill, can you tell me what gives you that impression, given that it's passed two readings in the Commons and HL doesn't seem to be particularly vocal about slowing it down?

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