Comments on: BT blocks Kiddie Porn sites

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 03:40:40 +0000

So what you are saying is that people in Russia are
allowed to learn about things the USA and Canada does
not want people to know about ?

Also, if you say something on a web site the Status Quo
does not like, for instance “John Ashcroft Sucks !”, they
can now block it simply by claiming it is an illegal site.

Well hello, Big Brother !
Is it 1984 already ?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 19:13:13 +0000

How will this cope with P2P traffic and anonymous services like Freenet? If it’s just blocking websites, then I don’t think it will have the desired effect (unless it was just designed as a PR stunt that is).

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:39:21 +0000

I bet the name is a coincidence and nobody thought to check.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:38:17 +0000

Many such sites are in countries like the ex-USSR where either the law hasn’t caught up or the law enforcement people have more urgent things to worry about. That’s the sort of site that they are going to be blocking.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:39:42 +0000

Cleanfeed is not a BT product. It was developed by a company called Legend Internet a couple of years ago and is widely used all over the country in particular by schools.

It’s a shame that BT have to steal products from other companies and pretend that it’s their own.

You can find out more about Cleanfeed at http://www.cleanfeed.co.uk

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 06:35:52 +0000

Re: BT blocks Kiddie Porn sites

How do they know where the “illegal” sites are ?
If they know, will they not report them ?
Then will not the “illegal” sites be shut down ?
Why block sites that do not exist ?

Maybe, what they want is a way to block sites
they to not want people to read. So if they
declare a site to be “illegal”, and it is not,
how will we know ?

BTW, I am not an “Anonymous Coward”.
I am simply too busy to log into your site.
But thanks for prejudgeing me anyway.