I don't have any figures to back up my belief that only a small proportion of pornographic sites are blocked, so let's agree that Qtel manages to block 75 per cent. According to the Internet filtering company N2H2, in 2002 there were over 260 million pornographic pages on the web. It's unlikely that the amount of porn has decreased over time. A search for 'xxx' on google returns 197 million results. You can see that even if only 25 per cent of this pornography is unblocked, it's a large enough volume to undermine the whole notion of porn filtering.
A good question to ask is "who does the filter protect?" Sadly, Qtel and ictQatar weren't asked the question, and they don't respond to my emails.
> I believe 75% of porn is blocked.
I don't have any figures to back up my belief that only a small proportion of pornographic sites are blocked, so let's agree that Qtel manages to block 75 per cent. According to the Internet filtering company N2H2, in 2002 there were over 260 million pornographic pages on the web. It's unlikely that the amount of porn has decreased over time. A search for 'xxx' on google returns 197 million results. You can see that even if only 25 per cent of this pornography is unblocked, it's a large enough volume to undermine the whole notion of porn filtering.
A good question to ask is "who does the filter protect?" Sadly, Qtel and ictQatar weren't asked the question, and they don't respond to my emails.
--nigel