You may have followed the debate in the UK last year about ‘porn filters’ – ISP-level blocks on adult content that will soon be the default for new broadband subscribers, unless they opt out. Sky has become one of the first ISPs to roll out such a filter, with options including a “13 Shield” to block websites deemed unsuitable for under-13s. While adult content is one of the categories, the filter is wider than just that: cyber bullying, suicide and self-harm, drugs and “criminal skills” and dating sites are also blocked, as well as “anonymizers, filesharing and hacking” sites. “Our customers have told us they want the option to control the content that enters their homes. As part of this, they have also told us what sort of content they would like included in Sky Broadband Shield,” a spokesperson tells TorrentFreak, which is on the warpath over its own site – which provides news about the torrenting space rather than actual torrents – being blocked too. Users can unblock specific sites in Sky’s filter, but most are unlikely to get this specific.
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