The majority of categories filtered are related to violence, obscenities, or nudity. The filters are based both on lists of blacklisted or restricted websites and through an automatic scan of keywords to determine whether a site should be filtered. What websites are blocked by these filters? The family-friendly network level filters brought in by many broadband providers mean that UK Internet subscribers are prohibited from accessing a range of websites by default, specifically adult or illegal content. Web-filtering or web-blocking involves the restriction or control of content that Internet users are able to access via their ISP. Anyone subscribing to a broadband service now will find that the filters are automatically enabled.īut how does this impact Internet subscribers? What are web filters? And how do they work? Working with providers, the government announced that family-friendly network level filtering would be available to all new and existing broadband customers by 2014. While the Internet’s fluidity and the abundance of content have made it a rich trove of information, long-held concerns about credibility, malicious content and cyber-bullying, still remain.Īs fake news, click-bait and hate speech grows in prevalence online, governments are working to find ways to protect families from content deemed too sexually explicit, violent, or dangerous.įor its part, the UK government has pushed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to enable web-filtering of dangerous or malicious content online. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)Ī recent Ofcom report shows children may be too trusting of online content, with more than a quarter of respondents between the ages of 8 and 15, mistakenly believing Google’s top search results were specifically selected by figures of authority.įor parents, educators, and government officials alike, these findings are a cause for concern.
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