Staff at a Scottish charity providing vital youth services have hit out at “big brother” web filters that are blocking access to their websites.
After the Open Rights Group revealed that at least 54 registered charities in Scotland have websites which are blocked by one or more of the main UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Aberdeen based Alcohol Support, a Dundee equalities project calledDifferent Visions Celebrate that works with Under 25’s “who have any issues or concerns due to their sexuality or the sexuality of a family member” and the Say Women project in Glasgow are blocked.
According to STV Dundee, the web filters have been shown by the group’s “Blocked” project to be restricting access to a wide range of legitimate websites throughout the country. After testing more than 125,000 websites, including 9,000 Scottish charity sites, the group has found that about 10% are blocked by at least one ISP.
