Mobile phone internet restrictions

[Frosted]

My wife just got a new phone and it seems as if the mobile phone providers are starting to block adult content.
Adult content not just meaning porn - but sites that include 'bad language' for example.
This just about blocks out all the sites I use lol.

My phones due for upgrade and I want a top of the range smartphone but I don't need a top of the range smartphone if half of the internet is blocked. Everybody knows that the internet is just for porn right?

Does anybody else have this problem? Is there a way around all this nannying pc crap?

[muddyfunkstar]

Who's your provider?

I'm with Vodafone and they block "adult" content by default but it's dead easy to open it up in your account preferences on their website.

[Frosted]

I'm with 3 and you can't do that.
I rang them and got the usual gobbledigook response in pure Indian and because it's Friday I couldn't be arsed.

[c.nash]

I've never heard of this in the US, but I know north Korea and a couple other countries block certain content from all their users. Not just mobile phones either, but the Internet as a whole.

[muddyfunkstar]

I've never heard of this in the US, but I know north Korea and a couple other countries block certain content from all their users. Not just mobile phones either, but the Internet as a whole.

With my provider it's a case of covering their arses because so many kids have mobile phones these days, they default to parental controls on the web services to avoid the inevitable bad press if a parent discovers their kid has been looking at things they shouldn't be. Verify you're over 18 and it's swearing and porn a-go-go

And should an underage kid get access anyway, they get to say "It's not our fault, we did everything we could to prevent it, we can't help that teenagers have magical powers when it comes to getting their hands on smut."

[Guest]

I'm on Orange and 'adult filtering' was turned on by default but I was easily able to lift it through my account on their website.

[Frosted]

That's good news chaps.

YIPPEEEEEE!!!!

3 definately don't have it on their website so I'll have to ring them. Anybody good at translating?

[lawofficegirl]

i have no problems viewing porn on my verizon.

[Veganpunk]

Not sure if this relates, but one of my my sites I go to (not porn, but the other thing the internet is known for) they have this at the top:

COICA

In the United States, a new law proposal called The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) was introduced last week, and there will be a hearing in front of the Judiciary Committee this Thursday.

If passed, this law will allow the government, under the command of the media companies, to censor the internet as they see fit, like China and Iran do, with the difference that the sites they decide to censor will be completely removed from the internet and not just in the US.

Please see the following article from the Huffington Post for more information.

Stop the Internet Blacklist

And if you are a US citizen, please take the time to sign this petition
DemandProgress.org - Petition to Stop the Internet Blacklist!


Update: Also for US citizens, you can email your Senator from the following link and tell him or her your concerns about this bill

Tell Your Senator: No Website Blacklists, No Internet Censorship!

[visiON]

Well I can't really comment on this one cause I only use WiFi when I'm going online with my phone(usually no restrictions)...

[sgreger1]

Lol really? Even Steve jobs doesn't restrict what web site you can go to lol. Man that sucks.

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[Frosted]

So - if I use the wi - fi system at my workplace - do I still have to be careful about what sites I go on according to workplace computer use rules and regs? Or is there no control over that?