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1. Porn filtering is not law in the UK, that is a common misconception. It was merely encouraged by the government, but ISPs are not forced to offer it. The ISPs absolutely are the ones to blame.

2. DNS hijacking certainly is not mandated by law.

Edit: Here is a post by Adrian Kennard, CEO of Andrews & Arnold ISP in the UK, regarding porn filters:

http://www.revk.uk/2014/02/porn-filters-no-it-is-not-law.htm...

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Confusingly, there are three filters. The "adult material" one is optional. The torrents sites one https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Website_blocking and the IWF child porn one are not.

Yes, that's correct. They shouldn't be confused though, IWF has been there for much longer.

> It was merely encouraged by the government,

Not unlike in Pulp Fiction, Jules "encouraging" Brett not to say "what" again.

> DNS hijacking certainly is not mandated by law.

As others have said already, unfortunately it is, just not for adult filtering.

Or like the piracy alert system in the US, which the White House "only mediated" and the ISPs' "volunteered".

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