[governance] Pornography to be blocked by internet service providers unless users opt in

[Riaz K Tayob]

  Pornography to be blocked by internet service providers unless users
  opt in

David Cameron unveils deal with big four providers based on charity's 
proposals to protect children from sexual content

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  * Ben Quinn <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/benquinn>
  * The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian>, Tuesday 11
    October 2011
  * Article history
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Someone watching pornography on a computer
People who want to watch pornography online will have to 'opt in' with 
their internet service providers under measures to be announced by the 
PM. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian

Subscribers to four of the UK's biggest internet 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/internet> service providers will 
have to "opt in" if they want to view sexually explicit websites, as 
part of government-sponsored curbs on online pornography 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/pornography>.

The measures will be unveiled on Tuesday as David Cameron 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davidcameron> hosts No 10 meeting 
with the Mothers' Union, which earlier this year produced a raft of 
proposals to shield children from sexualised imagery.

The prime minister is expected to announce other moves in line with the 
Christian charity's review, such as restrictions on aggressive 
advertising campaigns and certain types of images on billboards.

There will also be a website, Parentport, which parents can use to 
complain about television programmes, advertisements, products or 
services which they believe are inappropriate for children.

The site, which will direct complaints to the regulator dealing with 
that specific area of concern, is expected to be run by watchdogs 
including the Advertising Standards Authority, BBC Trust, British Board 
of Film Classification, Ofcom, Press Complaints Commission, Video 
Standards Council and Pan European Game Information.

The service providers involved are BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin. 
Customers who do not opt in to adult content will be unableto access 
pornographic websites.

Cameron gave strong backing in June to the Mothers' Union proposals 
after he commissioned a six-month review by the charity's chief 
executive, Reg Bailey. However, Cameron did not commit to legislation.

Bailey's recommendations included providing parents with one single 
website to make it easier to complain about any programme, advert, 
product or service, putting age restrictions on music videos and 
ensuring retailers offer age-appropriate clothes for children.

Cameron wrote to Bailey in June to thank him for his report. "I very 
much agree with the central approach you set out," the letter said.

"As you say, we should not try and wrap children up in cotton wool or 
simply throw our hands up and accept the world as it is. Instead, we 
should look to put 'the brakes on an unthinking drift towards 
ever-greater commercialisation and sexualisation'."

Bailey's report asked for government and business to work together on 
initiatives such as ending the sale of inappropriately "sexy" clothing 
for young children, for example underwired bras and T-shirts with 
suggestive slogans.

However, he recommended that if retailers do not make progress on the 
issue they should be forced to make the changes in 18 months.

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