So much unnecessary confusion here.
This has nothing to do with the government or the UK, it’s a kid-friendly filter O2 offer for children with mobile phones. It also has nothing to do with ISPs. It really is just an option O2 offer for concerned parents - stop panicking.
As for UK-wide filters, there are two positions on this.
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Piracy - Major ISPs have received court orders to block certain piracy sites for copyright protection etc. Not a big deal for most people who buy content, and if you don’t there are many means of circumvention anyway.
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Adult content - This is an agreement between main ISPs. A suggestion was put forward initially to block adult content by default, with the ability to opt in. This is simply a case of logging in to your ISP panel and enabling/disabling this option. Many main UK ISPs opt in to this, some don’t. All they’ve done is add a feature at ISP-level. You flick a switch to choose what you want. Simple as.
