Sharpe's Opinion

Internet Censorship and Child Pornography

There’s a lively debate at LFaT on the subject of the Wikipedia page which has been blocked by the IWF – and therefore the majority of ISPs in the UK – because the cover of the album which is the subject of the page features a young girl with no clothes on¹.

I disagree with A. Tory, I think that if the album cover is not illegal, the Wikipedia page shouldn’t be. Until such time as the image is made illegal, there’s no reason whatsoever to block the page.

1. The picture actually looks far more suggestive when pixelated, oddly enough. That’s gestalt psychology for you… [↩]