The Sinternet
UK Member of Parliament and culture secretary Andy Burnham has said he wants new standards of decency to be applied to the web, in an interview with the Telegraph.
Overlooking the fact that the search for ‘indecent' material is what drives many people to the web, Burnham shared his discovery that the Internet is "quite a dangerous place".
While stressing that he's not campaigning against free-speech, he said: "There is content that should just not be available to be viewed."
His primary concern seems to be for the safety of children. "Leaving your child for two hours completely unregulated on the internet is not something you can do," he lamented. Don't then.
Like any self-respecting politician, Burnham appears to be offended by the existence of those few aspects of an individual's life the state can't already poke its nose into. He seems to view the Internet as a lawless pit of immorality and he's not about to just stand by while our souls are corrupted.
"If you look back at the people who created the internet they talked very deliberately about creating a space that Governments couldn't reach," he denounced. "I think we are having to revisit that stuff seriously now. It's true across the board in terms of content, harmful content, and copyright. Libel is [also] an emerging issue."
