BT blocks up to 40,000 child porn pages per day
Found on The Register on Monday, 06 April 2009
Between 35,000 and 40,000 attempts to access child pornography sites via BT Retail's broadband network are blocked every day, it was revealed today.
BT's system has been in place since 2004. The government said in 2006 that it wanted all ISPs to implement the IWF's blocklist by the end of 2007, but small ISPs holding about five per cent of the market have not. They argue blocking does not address the real problem, as those determined to access child pornography can easily circumvent such systems.
Yes, just block it. After all it's easier to maintain a few blocklists than to do something to stop the production. Who cares if 40,000 attempts are stopped if the pictures and videos are still produced?