A strong conservative voice in the current UK government is pushing for all porn to be blocked on all computers in England. Because of the advent of web TV’s in England, UK companies like Virgin Media can and do stream all manner of content to household computers and in a household where there are children present then there is the possibility of the little one’s viewing tits and ass. While adult business maintain an ever vigilant policy in policing-with Netnanny and programs of that ilk-the tech experts claim that any plan for outside country-wide regulation is bound to stumble across some privacy issues as well as question of censorship.

First of all, in order to establish a nationwide ban on porn streaming across the net, the government, or the IPS at the very least, would need to keep an up-to-date list of porn operators. And a move by any government to stop content might provide a backdoor for that government to restrict access to legit sites down the line if critics find even the most benign content objectional.
A true slippery slope of one man’s poison could begin.

Then there is the bottom line. Porn on the net is a big business, bringing in tons of dollars. To halt all this commerce from viewing fucking and sucking money will be needed to put protocols in place. What specific technology would be used and who exactly would be footing the bill for it, not to mention how people would feel about putting their names on a list are slight stumbling blocks to say the least.

This is not the first time porn has been scrutinized and with the ever-increasing viewing of cam girls, pay membership sites, fetish chatrooms, naughty still galleries and streaming video, the Internet is taking the place of the corner candy store for ground zero where people can buy and/or picket porn. Ease in access allows an ever more vociferous attack and the UK is having the same problems as most other civilized countries. But seeing as people are basically walking around the droid phones and PDA’s that are their portable computer, would this mean further government intrusion to someday manipulate what one holds in one’s pocket? And if the free flow of content, not just porn is controlled, what does that say to the idea of it being free?