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Are filters for images of child sexual abuse written into law? It is a industry standard in Europe, but I never heard that UK actually made a law to force ISPs to use it.

as for the linked content-code, it is true that its is not a industry regulation but a rather a industry practice code written by large ISP themselves.

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I don't know if it's a law, but it's done differently to the normal filters.

The Internet Watch Foundation provides a list of sites that are involved in images of child sexual abuse. While they're an industry group, they are a bit more serious about their mission than other filter providers.

(http://www.iwf.org.uk/about-iwf)

I guess they were formed to avoid the need for legally mandated filters.

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