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Originally Posted by gt112
My isp (o2) uses the Internet Watch Foundation ( http://www.iwf.org.uk) blacklist to filter / censor web content. Over the weekend, Imagebam has now gone on the dam list. This means that I cannot access any Imagebam image / post preview.
Is anyone else suffering with this? Is there any point in appealing to people to use imagevenue instead ? or is it just a matter of time before imagevenue gets added to their list also ? |
According to the IWF homepage they are a charity whose aim is to remove access to "child sexual abuse content hosted anywhere in the world and criminally obscene and incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK" (a noble cause) this they do by producing a list of "potentially illegal content", which they provide to their members.
This basically means any site that does not check each and every upload prior to adding it to their accessible servers stands a good chance of eventually being listed.
Although their aims are laudable this method could eventually blacklist any site that allows public uploads.
My recommendation complain to your ISP then change to a more reasonable provider.