SPECIAL REPORT: ISPs say blocking porn job of censor

Ireland’s internet service providers have hit out at proposals that the Government should force them to introduce widespread automatic filters to block access by children to pornography.

UK authorities are introducing pornography filters switched on by default to home broadband subscribers by the end of the year.

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has said he would consider introducing a system similar to Britain’s after the ISPCC and a number of politicians criticised the Government for inaction on the matter.