UK Broadband ISPs hijacking browsers to push porn blocks

A host of UK broadband providers are hijacking people’s browsers mid-session to force them into making decisions on adult content filters. Providers including Sky, BT and Virgin Media are resorting to the measure as a December deadline to implement web filters looms, but civil rights groups have described it as ‘heavy handed’ according to Wired.

The British broadband providers are redirecting the browser sessions of existing customers who have not yet chosen from a new set of filter settings mandated by the government. In some cases customers are unable to continue using the internet until they make a selection – either ‘no’, or ‘yes,’ which will in turn trigger a range of filters to apply, blocking certain groups of online content.

UK Broadband ISPs hijacking browsers to push porn blocks