Ehhhh the last load of porn filters did literally nothing as in , I literally didn ' t encounter a block once and neither will this . The bigger issue is that this is just an excuse to restrict our privacy and allow them to spy on anyone they want . And the fact is , this isn ' t unique to the UK we all know the American government ' s recent history with civilian surveillance . Our politicians are just being more overt about it by bothering to legislate . If I had to choose between this and Donald Trump I sure as shit wouldn ' t go with Trump so we ' re not the worst first world country . <| sep |> The thing is they haven ' t actually banned anything . It ' s just that the BBFC is going to be regulating online material in the same way it applies age ratings to other formats . The rules that govern their ratings system haven ' t been changed . In fact it could be more likely , now that the ratings are going to be affecting more people , that they will be changed to better reflect modern society .