Iceland plans to ban pornography on the web

Iceland could become the first Western country to completely ban web pornography using a Chinese firewall-style device to block online content.

The move, which some critics say it unfeasible,is being considered in response to the effects, the government says, online porn has on children and women.

Iceland interior minister Ogmundur Jonasson said that restricting access to pornography online was not censorship and has said that the issue must be discussed as it was having a detrimental effect on children.