UK charities: make IWF Web blacklist 100% compulsory for ISPs
Most ISPs in the UK currently (and voluntarily) subscribe to the Internet Watch Foundation's child sex abuse blacklist. But five percent of home broadband connections aren't covered by the IWF blacklist, and a group of children's charities is calling for government action to make the list compulsory.
The Children’s Charities Coalition on Internet Safety issued a statement yesterday demanding that the government mandate Internet censorship-a touchy area in which the government has been treading cautiously. Despite the (near) universal condemnation of child sex pictures and movies (IWF refuses to call them "pornography"), the government has hesitated to make the IWF blacklist a requirement for ISPs, opting to leave the door open to self-regulation. 95 percent of ISPs have voluntarily agreed to use the list, but the Children's Charities Coalition says there's no reason for anyone to have the option of accessing the blocked sites.
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