Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Brussels rules that new porn filters are illegal: Fury at EU move to outlaw 'opt-in' system that protects children

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David Cameron’s pledge to protect children from sickening online pornography has been dealt a potentially fatal blow by Brussels.

European Union laws voted through yesterday will force internet firms to scrap the porn filters they installed following a Daily Mail campaign.

The new rules make internet service providers treat all online traffic ‘without discrimination, restriction or interference’ – regardless of its content. It means that by the end of next year, filters that require people to opt in if they want to view online pornography will have to be removed.

Campaigners warned that the......
EU ruling had left children at serious risk and said it proved Britain had lost control over key decisions on matters of sovereignty.

Downing Street insisted ministers would bring in new domestic legislation to replace the voluntary deal that was agreed between ministers and internet firms in the wake of the Mail’s Block Online Porn campaign.

But legal experts warned any attempt by Britain to re-impose controls would likely be ripped up by European judges as it could be challenged in the European Court of Justice. Any verdict delivered by the ECJ is automatically binding on the UK, regardless of the wishes of Parliament or the Prime Minister.

A spokesman for the Vote Leave campaign for Britain to exit the European Union said: ‘Britain has lost control over key decisions like how to protect children on the internet. This is too important to be bartered away in an EU deal done behind closed doors.

‘Cameron promised he would solve this problem. He promised it was a “red line”. He’s then traded it away in a backroom Brussels stitch-up to help his pro-EU campaign.’

The Mail’s longstanding Block Online Porn Campaign called for internet firms to establish automatic opt-in porn filters to protect children from sickening material freely available on the web.

After an intervention by the PM, the major home broadband providers imposed automatic controls.

Announcing the deal with internet firms in 2013, Mr Cameron warned that easy access to web porn was ‘corroding childhood’.

Six in ten parents say they are worried about their sons and daughters seeing violent and sexual material on the web.

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