Nial Giacomelli

I’m fairly appalled by todays Orwellian announcement regarding Cameron’s push to negotiate pornographic filtering as an opt-out service across the UK’s internet service providers. This is, of course, a fully political move. It has very little to do with pornography and a whole lot to do with a government that is slowly but surely moving to violate net neutrality. They’ve chosen a contraband which, by its very nature, people are unlikely to protest. And they’ve done so under the guise of a moral obligation to young citizens.

The entire situation brings Eli Pariser’s talk on filter bubbles back into focus. It’s a wonderful presentation that really helps to personalise the net neutrality issue.