"UK Code of Practice For The Self-regulation of New Forms of Content On Mobiles"
Numerous British ISPs, including BT, block many innocent sites, redirecting the user to http://btsupport.custhelp.com/app/answers/blank/a_id/12756 which states:
- Content blocked
- In compliance with a new UK voluntary code of practice you are not able to access this site and have been redirected by the BT Content Administrator Service
This uses a barring and filtering mechanism to restrict access to all WAP and Internet sites that are considered to have an 'over 18' status. To date, these include sites which contain information on any of the following categories:
- Adult / sexually explicit
- Chat
- Criminal skills
- Drugs, alcohol and tobacco
- Gambling
- Hacking
- Hate
- Personal and dating
- Violence
- Weapons
Examples of such sites are dictionaries (e.g. http://www.urbandictionary.com/), proxy URLs.
Read more about this topic: Internet Censorship In The United Kingdom
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