http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/01/ireland_3g_register/
In and of itself I dont have a problem with this , but the content filtering part could be seen as the thin end of the wedge to filter all forms of communication.
Sean
Hey, The filtering simply won't work. It was tried in France where people then started to send each other pictures of Michaelangelo's David and other such "pornographic" works of art. The filter system had to be shut down as it was unreliable.....Massive hangover....will find the source later.
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Aidan Delaney writes:
Hey, The filtering simply won't work. It was tried in France where people then started to send each other pictures of Michaelangelo's David and other such "pornographic" works of art. The filter system had to be shut down as it was unreliable.....Massive hangover....will find the source later.
Yep -- there's (a) a lot of non-pr0n images that contain "skin tones" and (b) a lot of pr0n that contains non-"skin tone"-coloured skin. ;)
- --j.