The UK is now drafting a list of sites that should be unblocked by the filters and put onto a whitelist to ensure they stay accessible. January 31, 2014 5:46 AM PST The UK government's request on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to institute filters to block certain Web sites deemed potentially harmful to children have proven a bit overzealous. According to the BBC, which earlier reported on the news, several innocuous Web sites are being blocked by the government-instituted filters, including charity sites serving kids that are in danger or distress. Even TorrentFreak, a news site discussing piracy and and copyright activity, has been mistakenly blocked. The UK government requested last year that ISPs block certain Web sites, like pornography, violent pages, or other sites deemed damaging to children, unless account holders opted in to no filtering. However, the filtering has proven less-than perfect, and many charities aimed at actually helping children have been blocked. According to the BBC, the UK government is currently drafting a list of sites that should be whitelisted. From that point on, those sites should technically stay live on the Web.
The UK is now drafting a list of sites that should be unblocked by the filters and put onto a whitelist to ensure they stay accessible.
The UK government's request on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to institute filters to block certain Web sites deemed potentially harmful to children have proven a bit overzealous.
According to the BBC, which earlier reported on the news, several innocuous Web sites are being blocked by the government-instituted filters, including charity sites serving kids that are in danger or distress. Even TorrentFreak, a news site discussing piracy and and copyright activity, has been mistakenly blocked.
The UK government requested last year that ISPs block certain Web sites, like pornography, violent pages, or other sites deemed damaging to children, unless account holders opted in to no filtering. However, the filtering has proven less-than perfect, and many charities aimed at actually helping children have been blocked.
According to the BBC, the UK government is currently drafting a list of sites that should be whitelisted. From that point on, those sites should technically stay live on the Web.
