tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post7645706109458302057..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Mail Seeks To Ban ItselfTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-15395885908553172832013-07-22T21:14:05.163+01:002013-07-22T21:14:05.163+01:00Of course this is just a stunt by Dave to please t...Of course this is just a stunt by Dave to please the likes of the Mail (and others who still think Humbers are pretty cool cars). Automated filtering has a very limited scope and is massively prone to cock ups (some will now stop this page!). In the late 90s the email system we had at work had an American standard moral guardian built in - the trouble I had sending emails about a customer in Scunthorpe, it would have been quicker to post the bloody things. Anyway, Dave has already fallen foul of this, apparently the filters already running on some mobile systems blocked the BBC news page about his big idea - because it contained the phrase "child pornography".<br /><br />But whilst we can laugh at his struggling there is a more serious issue. His efforts are directed at people viewing the images. But the real problem is the abuse itself and nanny state (weren't the Tories against that..) filters don't stop the abuse. Even if they work they merely create an impression it isn't there, they draw a virtual veil over the problem. <br /><br />He's also announced that CEOPS will get more powers. That would be useful, but last year CEOPS only had the resources to investigate about 5% of the cases that it already had powers for - so without a 20 fold increase in resources they will be swamped.<br /><br />Personally I'd like a filter that blocks any page containing the phrase "David Cameron announces...". Luckily we now have a royal baby story to knock his publicity stunt so far back it'll be in the classified ads.SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-4637673057572071052013-07-22T14:04:20.165+01:002013-07-22T14:04:20.165+01:00I spoke too soon. "Bouncing baby: Little Pene...I spoke too soon. "Bouncing baby: Little Penelope celebrated her first birthday earlier this month and is growing up fast"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-63558346539490740462013-07-22T12:31:05.434+01:002013-07-22T12:31:05.434+01:00some of the comments under the online version are ...some of the comments under the online version are a joy to behold, proving that you can't fool all of the people all of the time - not even daily mail readers.Torontoboy45https://www.blogger.com/profile/10790650994568200178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-49544280170667726662013-07-22T10:23:49.409+01:002013-07-22T10:23:49.409+01:00"includes several photos of a one year old ch..."includes several photos of a one year old child in a leopard print string bikini"<br />Be fair. The Mail has refrained from calling the child "all grown up".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com