Websites could get cinema-style ratings

2008-12-29 03:54:20

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kylef: Gone; +1,352|6938|N. Ireland

LONDON (Reuters) - The kind of ratings used for films could be applied to websites in a bid to better police the Internet and protect children from harmful and offensive material, Britain's minister for culture has said.

Andy Burnham told The Daily Telegraph newspaper, published on Saturday, that the government was planning to negotiate with the administration of President-elect Barack Obama to draw up new international rules for English language websites.

"The more we seek international solutions to this stuff -- the UK and the U.S. working together -- the more that an international norm will set an industry norm," the newspaper reports the Culture Secretary as saying in an interview.

I quite like this idea, but I can't see how it'll work. It makes quite a lot of sense and I know that there are a few websites that I visit already have cinema-style ratings on them because they are so big (eg. AVForums). What does everyone else think? For? Against?

Last edited by kylef (2008-12-29 07:58:11)

2008-12-29 04:01:51

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Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6884|King Of The Islands

i herd urs isnt compulsory.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2008-12-29 04:02:15

#3

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6956|Gold Coast

The internet is the internet. Politicians need to learn that.

noice

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2008-12-29 04:04:11

#4

CrazeD: Member; +368|7118|Maine

KuSTaV wrote:
The internet is the internet. Politicians need to learn that.

Exactly.

Fuck off with your stupid censoring bullshit. That's what parents are for.

2008-12-29 04:10:07

#5

some_random_panda: Flamesuit essential; +454|6835

Cheez wrote:
i herd urs isnt compulsory.

I herd kruddistan was stepping up monitoring.

2008-12-29 04:50:28

#6

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7094

CrazeD wrote:
KuSTaV wrote:
The internet is the internet. Politicians need to learn that.
Exactly.

Fuck off with your stupid censoring bullshit. That's what parents are for.

Werd.

2008-12-29 04:54:22

#7

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7201|Scotland

Indeed. Pathetic, to say the least.

2008-12-29 05:50:03

#8

JoshP: Banned; +176|6134|Notts, UK

CrazeD wrote:
KuSTaV wrote:
The internet is the internet. Politicians need to learn that.
Exactly.

Fuck off with your stupid censoring bullshit. That's what parents are for.

tbh.

one does not simply censor the internet

2008-12-29 06:04:55

#9

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7211|Cambridge (UK)

Impossible to enforce.

2008-12-29 06:14:09

#10

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7177|St. Andrews / Oslo

gl hf

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2008-12-29 06:18:09

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CrazeD: Member; +368|7118|Maine

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Impossible to enforce.

Not really.

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tbh

2008-12-29 06:19:16

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Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6884|King Of The Islands

CrazeD wrote:
Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Impossible to enforce.
Not really.

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-z … ia-map.gif

tbh

Krudd's going to block all 1300 bad sites. He's a hero of the people.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2008-12-29 06:47:31

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Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7211|Cambridge (UK)

CrazeD wrote:
Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Impossible to enforce.
Not really.

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tbh

No, really, well, unless they enforce some China-style digital curtain.

2008-12-29 07:41:40

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CrazeD: Member; +368|7118|Maine

Scorpion0x17 wrote:
CrazeD wrote:
Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Impossible to enforce.
Not really.

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-z … ia-map.gif

tbh
No, really, well, unless they enforce some China-style digital curtain.

Exactly.

2008-12-29 07:59:44

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max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7012|NYC / Hamburg

*hugs VPNs and tor*

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-12-29 08:30:00

#16

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7201|Scotland

max wrote:
*hugs VPNs and tor*

Do you always use Tor?

I find it hellishly slow.

2008-12-29 08:39:38

#17

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7012|NYC / Hamburg

Zimmer wrote:
max wrote:
*hugs VPNs and tor*
Do you always use Tor?

I find it hellishly slow.

it is slooooooooooooow. But sometimes anonymity is worth it. Plus if the government were to censor my internet, I'd go to the censored sites out of pure spite

That's why I love VPNs. It doesn't give you the same anonymity but it sure does get around filters nicely

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-12-29 08:46:20

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TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|6162|Vancouver, BC, Canada

max wrote:
Zimmer wrote:
max wrote:
*hugs VPNs and tor*
Do you always use Tor?

I find it hellishly slow.
it is slooooooooooooow. But sometimes anonymity is worth it. Plus if the government were to censor my internet, I'd go to the censored sites out of pure spite

That's why I love VPNs. It doesn't give you the same anonymity but it sure does get around filters nicely

What if tor IS the government, and instead of anonymity, what you're actually getting is a straight connection to the hell lords.

2008-12-29 08:48:12

#19

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7012|NYC / Hamburg

What if my life is just the dream of a higher being?

Let's keep the philosophical stuff to a minimum

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-12-29 08:54:39

#20

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6642|Winland

max wrote:
What if my life is just the dream of a higher being?

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-12-29 09:18:37

#21

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7012|NYC / Hamburg

First thing that popped into my mind. No deeper meaning here ...

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2008-12-29 12:29:16

#22

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6198|Roma

KuSTaV wrote:
The internet is the internet. Politicians need to learn that.

you don't want your child to enter 4chan. don't you?

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2008-12-29 12:31:09

#23

CrazeD: Member; +368|7118|Maine

aerodynamic wrote:
KuSTaV wrote:
The internet is the internet. Politicians need to learn that.
you don't want your child to enter 4chan. don't you?

Easy fix.

Don't let them use the PC unsupervised, or use internet filtering.

2008-12-29 12:32:55

#24

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6198|Roma

CrazeD wrote:
aerodynamic wrote:
KuSTaV wrote:
The internet is the internet. Politicians need to learn that.
you don't want your child to enter 4chan. don't you?
Easy fix.

Don't let them use the PC unsupervised, or use internet filtering.

you know they will bypass that.

Last edited by aerodynamic (2008-12-29 12:33:09)

2008-12-29 12:34:30

#25

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7012|NYC / Hamburg

maybe it's time to teach your kid to listen to you then instead of turning to the government

also it's very easy to bypass these government filters

Last edited by max (2008-12-29 12:37:18)

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

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