If laws are passed, then is it necessary for someone?

British Culture Minister Andy Barnham invited the governments of the United States and his kingdom to work on a project to create ratings for websites. Such is the care of children who may see something frightening and forbidden on the Internet.

( from here ) - and further the mass of offended overgrown children, who pretend that they do not understand why this is happening. I will try to describe it from a slightly different side than I usually see, and if that is, knowledgeable people will correct me:

1. The Minister of Culture of almost any country is a rather busy uncle. It is neither cold nor hot from the Internet. As well as on whether there will be censorship there or not. He doesn’t actually have the task of spoiling the simple British worker John (or Ivan) the evening viewing of porn with chips.

2. Nevertheless, being a minister, the uncle has in his hands a certain power to do something with those aspects of the state that are related to culture. For example, to allocate money for the Royal Theater in London, because he likes to go there, or not to allocate money for repairs at the Liverpool Opera House, because he does not like the Beatles. I, of course, exaggerate.
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3. It is widely known that large companies hire special uncles who sit in governments of different countries. This is done, again, not to spoil the evening with John (or Ivan), but in order to help the cumbersome bureaucratic state machine to adopt laws that are not too inconvenient for business. Or vice versa - take comfortable.

4. Such special uncles (they are called lobbyists) came to the minister and said, but would you like to enter the ratings of the sites? On the one hand, it will be clear that the ministry cares about the moral health of citizens, especially children. An obvious plus. On the other hand, it will be necessary to create a commission that will decide something, some money will be allocated for this matter, and here is just a crisis in the yard, money will not interfere. Also a plus. On the third hand, if we oblige providers to issue access to "friendly" sites, then providers will immediately have the idea of ​​taking extra money for unfiltered content, which will lead to an increase in taxes paid to the state treasury. Another plus.

5. The Minister looked at this dismal business of a bunch of pluses and said, “Well, I’m not deciding on my own, it’s necessary to grind with the boys. Stop by that week, see what you can decide. ” And he himself - made a proposal. Type - see how people react. Here we all react. But we are not paying. And, as you know, the girl who eats her dances is dancing.

Something like that in general.