su itable ▁for ▁children ▁under ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 3 ▁for ▁any ▁of ▁its ▁five ▁million ▁customers ▁who ▁had ▁not ▁already ▁opt ed ▁out . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁month ▁T alk ▁T alk ▁announced ▁that ▁customers ▁who ▁had ▁not ▁chosen ▁whether ▁to ▁activ ate ▁the ▁company ' s ▁filtering ▁system ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁opt ▁out ▁if ▁they ▁wished ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁turned ▁off . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Sky ▁began ▁sending ▁all ▁new ▁and ▁existing ▁customers ▁an ▁email ▁asking ▁if ▁they ▁want ▁to ▁turn ▁the ▁filter ▁on . ▁Those ▁customers ▁who ▁ignore ▁the ▁email ▁have ▁the ▁filter ▁turned ▁on ▁automatically . ▁ ▁Leg al ▁status ▁▁ ▁The ▁initial ▁legal ▁status ▁of ▁I SP ▁web ▁blocking ▁was ▁volunt ary , ▁although ▁there ▁were ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁attempts ▁to ▁introduce ▁legisl ation ▁to ▁move ▁it ▁onto ▁a ▁mand atory ▁foot ing . ▁David ▁Camer on ▁first ▁announced ▁such ▁legisl ation ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁but ▁default ▁filtering ▁was ▁rejected ▁at ▁the ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁conference ▁of ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Democr ats ▁( the ▁Co al ition ▁Government ' s ▁minor ▁partner ) ▁and ▁no ▁Government ▁legisl ation ▁to ▁this ▁effect ▁occurred ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 - 1 5 ▁Parliament . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁general ▁election ▁both ▁the ▁opposition ▁Labour ▁Party ▁and ▁the ▁gover ning ▁Conserv ative ▁Party ▁said ▁that , ▁if ▁elected , ▁they ▁would ▁legisl ate ▁on ▁the ▁issue