At last, the "world" takes notice. A well written overview about our gouvernment's strange interpretation of online security.

Corresponding to this, one of our local Internet providers starts to block adult internet sites in preemptive obedience due to legal protection of children and young persons. A german provider of adult content argues that foreign web sites don't have age verification systems as demanded in Germany, so they have to be banned. To avoid legal difficulties, the Internet provider follows this argumentation and cuts the wire.

This is just pleaded. Following their argumentation, in the end each site would be blocked that would offend laws in any country in the world. If providers practice censorship by allowing and denying content to their customers, one should probe further. The censoring provider is hosting an adult video portal itself, and is limiting foreign competition by blocking these other prominent sites. The adult market is highly competitive and rivalries are fought out on the backs of the customers.

Update (9/20): The aforementioned provider released the IP number block. Access to the blocked sites is possible again.