Why the UK's porn block is one of the worst ideas ever | WIRED Explains
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Since 2015 the UK government has been trying to impose restrictions on access to porn. All of the legal measures needed to do so have passed and now it is only a matter of time until changes start to happen across the web.
But the idea (and the execution) is fundamentally flawed. The UK's film certification board, an organisation with a limited digital background, has been put in charge of implementing the policy and one of the main age verification systems is owned by the world's largest porn company.
The result? Potentially profound and damaging implications for privacy and a deluge of data on the private habits of millions of people just waiting to be hacked.
Read more about the UK porn block: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/porn-block-ban-in-the-uk-age-verifcation-law
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