The European Union wants new laws that would grant national governments the power to force ISPs to block child pornography.
The move would enable the Home Office to impose filtering technology on small ISPs who say they cannot afford it, or argue it is ineffective.
Article 18 of the proposal for an EU framework decision on "combating the sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography", states: "Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to enable the competent judicial or police authorities to order or similarly obtain the blocking of access by internet users to internet pages containing or disseminating child pornography, subject to adequate safeguards."
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