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Broadband ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/plusnetuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PlusNet<\/a> has confirmed that it intends to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s example (parent company) and launch their own network-level Internet filter to block (censorship) adult and piracy websites, which will most likely replace its bundled McAfee security solution.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So far nearly all of the markets largest fixed line broadband ISPs, under pressure from the Government, have introduced voluntary <strong>network-level filtering<\/strong> (i.e. the ISP controls the blocking system on its own network) and given or will soon give their customers an &#8220;<em>enforced<\/em>&#8221; option about whether or not to keep the service enabled (i.e. the box is pre-ticked with &#8220;Yes&#8221; but you can still select &#8220;No&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The filters are designed to <strong>block websites<\/strong> that feature adult or pornographic content, as well as an often absurdly wide range of more generic categories (e.g. dating, social networks, beauty products etc.). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/plusnetuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PlusNet<\/a> has also\u00a0suggested that the same technology\u00a0might be used to &#8220;<em>block all websites engaged in online copyright infringement where ordered by a court to do so<\/em>&#8221; (so far the ISP has not done this but most expect them to follow suit).<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2014\/01\/22\/plusnet_network_filter_to_block_pirate_sites_censor_access\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Register<\/a>, the new filtering tech is based off a different system to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s (they won\u2019t say what) and will launch <strong>sometime in 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 23rd January 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A rep for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/plusnetuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PlusNet<\/a> has suggested to us that they might still use a\u00a0different\u00a0underlying filtering tech for blocking piracy websites from the one that they&#8217;re working on for Parental Controls. 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