The British government, bless their Cotton silk socks, thought a great way to combat terrorism and radical views by introducing a "jihad reporting" button. Yes, when you hit the matters related to terrorism, simply press a button and the equipment will be sent to reference Internet of unity against terrorism (CITRU.) And as your data, your IP address, etc. Your right to privacy is indifferent.
largest ISPs in the UK, including Virgin, BT, TalkTalk and Sky were in talks with the government to introduce the declaration button in the ongoing fight against terrorism. British Prime Minister David Cameron believes that ISPs have a social responsibility to strengthen their filters and be "more proactive in taking down this dangerous material."
would work in a similar way to the system that is used to keep the child pornography on the internet - one that the Open Rights Group found blocked 20% all sites! Last year, ISPs implemented the "Porn Filter" which is automatically set to "on" for all new clients to help parents protect their children online but as UK Communications Monitoring Ofcom, only about 13 percent new users have chosen to use the software.
Is jihad declaration button is also underused as parental controls or will we see millions of people happy trigger reporting whatever they feel like?
Many people, including a number of privacy advocates are concerned about the lack of transparency. Currently there are no guidelines and no information as to what exactly the British government considers extremist. It has the potential to turn around completely and may even stoke the fire to increase prejudice against the Muslim community in the country.
Jim Killock, group director at the Open Rights Group told the BBC "We need transparency whenever political content is blocked, even when we talk about websites that espouse extremist views. the government must be clear about what sites they think should be blocked, why they block and whether there will be compensation for site owners who believe their site has been blocked incorrectly. "
But lets not forget that groups like iS (ISIS) mainly use Twitter and YouTube to spread their campaign of terror, so that the implementation of this measure would be a huge logistical task.
ISP did not confirm whether an agreement was reached, but a spokesman BT recently told the BBC: "We have had a constructive dialogue with the government about tackling the issue of extremist content online and work through the technical details. "
David Cameron and GCHQ director recently appointed Robert Hannigan both agree that technology companies need to pull their socks in the fight against terrorism. Hannigan recently quoted as sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Google are "networks of choice for terrorists and criminals command and control" and indicating that privacy was never an "absolute right".
As the British government (and of course they are not alone) disguise themselves under the guise of the fight against terrorism, the fight for an uncensored, unfiltered Internet continues.
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