Reported Sites

“There is no adult content or virus / malware on my site, but yet my site is listed and blocked. Please kindly remove my site off your block list, as my clients who are VodaFone service users can't view my site. I'm not a big business, so this is very damaging for me. Thank you”

“Site appears to be incorrectly labeled as pornographic & violent.”

“This is a site that is for people with a harmless interest. It does not contain offensive images or pornography, it is about sensible discussions from years gone by.”

“Hard to see why this site is blocked. Even though it's intended for adults, it's not in the sense of "adult content" but merely for people who are not children but still have picky eating habits. A block seems unreasonable.”

“This is a website of a technology magazine that has been around since the 1980s. Absolutely nothing illegal on the site and no reason to block it.”

“This is a UK charity offering a non-condemnatory "stepped care approach" to drugs. See http://www.crew2000.org.uk/services/how-to-get-help.html”

“Domestic abuse campaign / help site”

“This website belongs to the Hull Training and Adult Education group. It is an educational group offering training and courses within the Hull area. I would like to suggest that it is removed from your 'Adult Content' web filtering list. Further, I would like to propose that you implement a blanket rule within your filtering system to ensure that no .ac.uk domains are filtered in future. The .ac.uk domain is managed by Jisc, who implement a particularly restrictive policy on registrations for this domain - intending for their use to be limited only to higher education and public research bodies. You can read the Jisc eligibility policy for .ac.uk domains here: https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/janet-services-documentation/eligibility-policy Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. Alex Haydock Legal Intern, Open Rights Group”

“This is a registered UK charity for supporting elderly and vulnerable people.”

“It's a rather bland, celerity site with old publicity photos and a textual review of their careers. I've no idea why this site was ever flagged to be banned or censored.”

“Family holiday accommodation”

“This is a heritage restoration project site.”

“Because it is a gathering of like minded people with a harmless interest ”

“I own and pay for this site, it does not have anything related to pornography. It is a gathering for people to share information. There is nothing untoward on there.”

“I own and pay for this site, it does not contain images of an adult nature, it is a discussional gathering for people of similar interests. It does not contain pornographic images, there is no violence, no weapons and certainly no drugs.”

“It is a membership based forum for adults to discuss similar interests. It does not contain pornography or images of a sexual nature and it does not talk about it.”

“This website belongs to the Oxford Gravitation and Space Studies Bureau - an academic organisation coordinating research into theoretical physics and gravitation. I would like to suggest that it is removed from your 'Adult Content' web filtering list. Further, I would like to propose that you implement a blanket rule within your filtering system to ensure that no .ac.uk domains are filtered in future. The .ac.uk domain is managed by Jisc, who implement a particularly restrictive policy on registrations for this domain - intending for their use to be limited only to higher education and public research bodies. You can read the Jisc eligibility policy for .ac.uk domains here: https://community.jisc.ac.uk/library/janet-services-documentation/eligibility-policy Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. Alex Haydock Legal Intern, Open Rights Group”

“This appears to be a normal church website, hard to see why it is blocked.”

“Appears to be an ordinary psychological counselling website, hard to see why it should be blocked.”

“Seems to be fitness / gym related products.”

“As residents and realtors of Spearfish and the Black Hills of South Dakota we can answer your questions on real estate – whether you are looking to buy or sell.”