http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2007/03/12/walled-gardens-and-trackid/ create and control Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:04:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2007/03/12/walled-gardens-and-trackid/#comment-43514 Prototype of a Person » Blog Archive » 3 Ireland: Homophobic? Tue, 13 May 2008 13:52:39 +0000 http://www.sineadcochrane.com/?p=65#comment-43514 [...] Damien points out today that a number of Irish gay discussion sites are blocked by 3 Ireland when you try to access them via 3G on one of their handsets. Curiously enough their argument for doing so is because these websites are deemed unsuitable for children. However, as noted back in 2007, when 3 took down it’s “walled garden” to allow full Internet access from your handset they introduced a policy of only allowing Internet access if you registered with them and if you were over 18. So there is no need for this at all because children can’t access Internet from their handsets full stop. [...] […] Damien points out today that a number of Irish gay discussion sites are blocked by 3 Ireland when you try to access them via 3G on one of their handsets. Curiously enough their argument for doing so is because these websites are deemed unsuitable for children. However, as noted back in 2007, when 3 took down it’s “walled garden” to allow full Internet access from your handset they introduced a policy of only allowing Internet access if you registered with them and if you were over 18. So there is no need for this at all because children can’t access Internet from their handsets full stop. […]

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