The Electronic Freedom Foundation criticizes a plan concocted by the Conservative government and the Christian group, Mothers’ Union to provide filters to customers who want to block sites offering pornography, gambling, information about self-harm, etc.
Eva Galerin and Jillian C. York say that the plan’s flaws include the vagueness of the blocked categories, the unknown origins of the list of sites and the leeway for overblocking. -db
From a commentary for the Electronic Freedom Foundation, October 13, 2011, by Eva Galperin and Jillian C. York.