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> The category of "obscene content", for instance, which is blocked even on the lowest setting of BT's opt-in filtering system, covers "sites with information about illegal manipulation of electronic devices [and] distribution of software"

WTF

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"Respect for a partner" is another WTF topic:

http://www.newstatesman.com/sites/default/files/images/3_Scr...

The other WTF BT did is implying being gay/lesbian is a 'lifestyle choice'.

Wow, that whole section is staggeringly stupid. Is that seriously going to be blocked? Seriously?

They have since changed the wording on that section to be less obviously evil. The "homosexual lifestyle" part is discrimination against a Protected Characteristic just as badly as if it said "black culture".

I have an ongoing complaint with BT as to whether the actual filters have changed. Nobody has yet said "no, it's secret"...

This already happens on Giff-Gaff (a mobile network) and is opt-out only. It's not uncommon to find out a security-related blog on the front page of HN is blocked by the filter, and sites for projects like Metasploit are also blocked.

It's silly.

All mobile networks have this censorship, but it was easy to opt out of, and the censorship is very sloppily implemented (for me, changing DNS servers or using any trivial proxy bypassed it before I opted out).

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