Letter to my MP about web censorship

I don't expect my elected representatives to always agree with me, and I don't even expect them to always be well informed. Discussing their position and being open to changing it is about the best I can hope for, and John Hemming seems to be doing that here.

Dear MY MP,

As a digitally literate citizen of the 21st century, I'm sure I don’t need to explain why David Cameron and Claire Perry’s attempts to censor the Web are so dangerous.

I’d like to know your thoughts on why this isn’t being debated in parliament; why it seems to go against their own policy after a consultation on the issue, and whether you (as my representative) agree with Mr Cameron’s ideas?

I’m deeply concerned at the scope-creep of these policies. We all oppose obscene images of children and rape. But those are illegal, and filtered, already. Is it true that we will have to opt-in to “extremist” material, and material on “smoking”? Who decides what is “extremist”?

I urge you to oppose this censorship by the back door, and I hope you’ll raise it in parliament, which is the proper place to debate such matters.

Yours sincerely,

MY NAME

John Hemming MP: "I have written a TCP/IP stack and the second implementation globally of SSL."

That is impressive technical credentials for a Member of Parliament.