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I have a couple of irritations going on right now. One of them being related to my blog/etc. is that my laptop hard drive is dying which makes me very upset because now I can’t access or do things at home and on my own time. Everything in life is nuts right now. Oie! And it’s going to take time until I can get my Precious back to be. *sigh*
So anyway, last night while driving around running errands, I heard on NPR that Verizon (and I think other internet providers) made a statement admitting that they were going to block access to websites that posted child pornographic content.
Now this made me think: I’ll admit – I like that idea. I don’t think all porn should be blocked, but I think content that exploits children should be. But then… call it thinking ahead, thinking progressively, or playing devil’s advocate… but it seems that at first it’s all good and awesome that they’ll block such content, but then something else will be blocked, and something else, and initially we may all agree, but if it keeps going, lines are going to get blurred…
It made me stop and think, that that’s precisely how these big conglomerates are going to market their censorship: they’re going to market to concerned and protective parents and adults saying “Look, we want to protect your children too, and we’ll block sites for you. We’re the good guys!”
But I say, it’s the parent’s responsibility to protect and keep an eye on their kids -it shouldn’t be shirked off to anyone/anything else, and we shouldn’t keep creating opportunities for parents to hand over that responsibility. That’s why there’s filtering software available… for you to install as you see fit, so you still have the choice to say what’s acceptable for your children and what’s not.
I found a related article on Wired News and I’m looking for other related information as well. I’m curious to see how people on Net Neutrality sites will respond.
