UK Censorship

divya · #1 11-13-2009, 01:36 PM

WTF is all this! I went to wikipedia yesterday to make an edit, and was told that some random IP (not my fixed one) had been banned due to vandalism. Turns out, Be* filter their wikipedia accesses through some third-party sniffing organisation, and this isn't transparent. Hmph!

pancy · #2 11-13-2009, 01:37 PM

The JANET 40gbit network that supplies schools, the NSH, MoD and the government blocks it and returns 404's. 02 Mobile included, but if gone thru well known US proxies it is accessible. It is harmless, it could be worse.

arty · #3 11-13-2009, 01:37 PM

I know there has been some talk of using a specific net nanny software for net access in schools. Which I am sort of ok with. Lets face it, with the best will in the world, large portions of the internet aren't exactly child friendly!!

divya · #4 11-13-2009, 01:37 PM

I couldn't agree more! Tons of the net is utterly useless for most commercial work too, and I really think installation of an anti-facebook block for the marketing plebs is thoroughly in order

viji · #5 11-13-2009, 01:37 PM

its blocked at home and wikipedia browsing is really slow

pancy · #6 11-13-2009, 01:37 PM

I can see the cover, so that's what they have been making all the fuss about then

arty · #7 11-13-2009, 01:38 PM

I can get it ok on O2. Nothing there to censor though as far as I can see. I download far worse stuff than that every......erm, what i mean is I'm sure people download far worse stuff without it being censored

divya · #8 11-13-2009, 01:38 PM

i think that i may have to edit that before izools comes back

arty · #9 11-13-2009, 01:38 PM

Christ the IWF really DO need something better to do.

divya · #10 11-13-2009, 01:39 PM

Ha! That's horrible. YOu might expect censorship in some of the other countries of the world, but not in the free UK! Maybe its a misunderstanding.