Israel force internet providers | IXGAMES
Internet providers will have to automatically block sex, gambling and violence-oriented Websites, according to a bill submitted for its first reading Wednesday at the Knesset plenum by MK Amnon Cohen. According to the bill -Â customers who want to enter such sites will have to specifically request access from their Internet provider. The coalition is taking steps to enlist a majority for the bill, in an effort to placate Shas, which has been threatening to quit the coalition in recent weeks. At the same time, the Economic Affairs Committee legal adviser said that he would find it difficult to defend Cohen’s bill in the High Court of Justice in light of the refusal of Communications Minister Ariel Atias to provide a list of sites to be blocked for the committee’s approval. 
The Economic Affairs Committee meanwhile rejected a bill submitted Tuesday by MK Alex Miller (Yisrael Beiteinu) -Â which aimed to force Internet providers to provide customers with a pamphlet instructing users on how to block Websites.