UK online pornography age block triggers privacy fears

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. UK online pornography age block triggers privacy fears
Jim Waterson, The Guardian, 2019/03/18
There are two parts to this story: first, that people would need to register as authorized users by proving their identity (and specifically, their age), and second, that certain types of content for non-authorized users would be blocked. I put it in general terms like this because once such a system is established it would be very hard to resist using it for purposes other than the stated purpose. So the question is also has two parts: if we have to register as internet users, what do we want that to look like, and if we are to block certain content, how are we to decide what to block. More...