Censorship in the United Kingdom: is it a problem?
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Almost 100% of internet users are within range of ADSL connections and a 4G network. Moreover, the 2017 Digital Economy Act ensured that access to a broadband connection with a minimum speed of 10 Megabytes per second (Mbps) is effectively a legal right in the UK.
The UK offers relatively unrestricted access to internet content. The filtering and blocking that is in place, is there to remove illegal materials, such as copyrighted media, and child pornography. Moreover, they try to prevent minors from accessing pornographic materials.
There is little to no evidence of politically motivated censorship by the UK government. However, in the wake of several high-profile terrorist attacks, the UK Parliament passed the controversial Investigatory Powers Act, which significantly upgraded law enforcement’s ability to conduct surveillance and data collection, even on individuals not suspected of committing a crime.
In this article, we will look at what powers the UK government has to censor t...
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