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by timdingo on Thursday December 19, 2013 @04:41AM (#45734107) Attached to: UK ISP Adult Filters Block Sex Education Websites Allows Access To Porn

"but it failed to block 7% of the 68 pornographic websites tested" that's 4.76 websites it failed to block (?)

Submission + - Homeless hacker quits Anonymous. (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 05, 2013 @05:29AM

An anonymous reader writes: Last year, I traveled to Canada to write a long profile of "homeless hacker" Christopher Doyon, who goes by the name "Commander X" and who is on the run from the US government. .. Doyon's life has been by turns bizarre and dramatic, but last week the online drama surrounding Anonymous proved too much even for him—and he quit.

Submission + - Hollywood recipe making all movies the same?

Submitted by Bruce66423 on Monday July 22, 2013 @07:55AM

Bruce66423 writes: This Slate story http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/hollywood_and_blake_snyder_s_screenwriting_book_save_the_cat.single.html
explains how a 2005 book has led to all Hollywood movies following the same structure — to a depressing extent. I've always known we could be manipulated — but this provides a segment by segment, almost minute by minute, guide how to do it.

Submission + - British Prime Minister Promises Default On Porn Blocking (techweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by judgecorp on Monday July 22, 2013 @07:12AM

judgecorp writes: David Cameron, the British Prime Minister has promised that the UK's ISPs will be required to provide connections with "porn blocking " filters switched on by default.. The public promise comes despite opposition from ISPs, and the near-universal acknowledgement that the system wouldn't work. Last week also saw the leak of a letter from the Department for Education which effectively told ISPs to lie — to implement their preferred "active choice" system, and simply CALL it "default-on".

Submission + - EU wants enshrine network neutrality in law (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by Bismillah on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @08:44PM

Bismillah writes: Following the example of the Dutch who enacted laws supporting network neutrality, EU is now looking at doing the same. No throttling or blocking over the top providers such as Skype and Whatsapp in the EU and there will be a service transparency requirement for ISPs so that people know what they're buying — like minimum speed. Be interesting to see how this pans out.

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