No Sex Please, We're British

... lautete bekanntlich der Titel einer höchst erfolgreichen Komödie aus dem Jahr 1971. Und, wie man dem »Guardian« entnehmen kann, der in all seiner gutmenschelnden Blödheit — die den Rt. Hon. Viscount Monckton of Brenchley in seinem legendären Vortrag in St. Paul zur Charakterisierung »Perhaps one of the most stupid news-papers in the world!« veranlaßte — dennoch stets eine Fundgrube für originelle Berichte ist, dürfte sich daran in den letzten 43 Jahren nicht allzu viel geändert haben:

UK porn filter blocks game update that contained 'sex'

A filter designed to catch porn and adult content inadvertently blocked a game update which contained the letters 's-e-x'

The firewall being operated by the UK's biggest internet service providers as part of David Cameron's child internet safety campaign has blocked an update of an online video game due which unintentionally included the letters "s-e-x" in its web address.

The update to online strategy game League of Legends was disrupted by the internet filter because the software attempted to access files that accidentally include the word “sex” in the middle of their file names.

The block resulted in the update failing with “file not found” errors, which are usually created by missing files or broken updates on the part of the developers.

The porn filter only takes affect on new internet connections, presented as a choice at the point of first connection, and therefore does not yet cover a majority of people.

The issue was first noted on social news site Reddit by LolBoopje showing that files named VarusExpirationTimer.luaobj and XerathMageChainsExtended.luaobj (emphasis added) were enough to trigger a block at the internet service provider level.
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Das ist alles natürlich ebenso schlimm wie lächerlich. Dem »Guardian« allerdings verdorrt fast das Wort im Munde, wenn er über das wahrhaft Erschreckliche dieses Sexfilters berichten muß:

TalkTalk was forced to apologise when it incorrectly classified one of London’s oldest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender charities, London Friend, as pornographic - a mistake which meant the charity's site was blocked to some users.

Un-vor-stell-bar! Da wurde eine »karitative« LesBiSchwulen-Seite geblockt, sodaß sie nicht für alle User zugänglich war. Na, da sind wir aber betroffen und ein Stück weit traurig ...