Internet CensorshipAuthor: jawapro
Date: Fri 05/12/2008 08:58 AM
Most of you have probably already heard of this (havent had a chance to blog about it before) - but the Australian governmen has plans to censor our internet.
They want to enforce manditory filtering at the ISP level (before it gets to you) to block out 'nasty' stuff.
I don't use the 'nasty' stuff - but I am still very opposed to this. The idea is that the government maintains a blacklist of things that should be censored. This means they can add anything they like - and some groups are already asking for more and more stuff to be included. Perfectly legal stuff too.
Places like China have government control over the internet - but a country like Australia shouldn't! We're not communists!
The government can add anything they want - including people who disagree with them. Things like this post!
Now - that's a very bad start - but it gets worse. The filtering doesnt work properly. It'll let some bad stuff through - and block a lot of good stuff by accident. AND it's so intensive that it could slow the internet down by 80%.
So we'd get government censored interenet that's far slower and rather dodgey at the best of times.
The filters also don't work on P2P stuff - so if you are into the 'nasty' stuff, you'll still be able to get it.
Along wih ISPs, the IT industry, and a load of other groups (including the Children Welfare groups that this is supposed to be for) are kicking up a fuss.
That's why I've added the ad on the left of the screen.
So sign the petition - or do something else to help defeat this stupid idea. Save the internet!
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