With no universal Internet safeguard in place to prevent children from accidentally accessing online pornography, the British government is proposing a new model for protecting minors: requiring Internet service providers to filter out all pornographic websites from the content piped into homes.

Two experts in American obscenity law agreed Monday that any provision similar to the new British idea would almost certainly be deemed illegal in the U.S. Additionally, they both believe that enforcement of federal laws already on the books would go a long way toward alleviating the threat Internet pornography poses to unsuspecting children.