Sleepwalking into censorship

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Großbritannien bastelt weiter an der Infrastruktur, um das Internet komplett zensieren zu können. Laut der Open Rights Group (vgl. auch Wired) dienen die Zwangsfilter gegen „Pornografie“ auch dazu, politisch unliebsame Inhalte zu zensieren und Verstöße gegen das Urheberrecht zu ahnden.
The essential detail is that they will assume you want filters enabled across a wide range of content, and unless you un-tick the option, network filters will be enabled. As we’ve said repeatedly, it’s not just about hardcore pornography. (…)

Do you want to block
☑ pornography
☑ violent material
☑ extremist and terrorist related content
☑ anorexia and eating disorder websites
☑ suicide related websites
☑ alcohol
☑ smoking
☑ web forums
☑ esoteric material
☑ web blocking circumvention tools

Die „Wired“ schreibt: „The ORG’s Jim Killock says: „What’s clear here is that David Cameron wants people to sleepwalk into censorship. We know that people stick with defaults: this is part of the idea behind ’nudge theory‘ and ‚choice architecture‘ that is popular with Cameron.“