'Net filters "required" for all Australians, no opt-out - The Diigo Meta page

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  The Drill Down Podcast

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  Scott Huntley

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  Debra Hicks

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  Ken Wei

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• 17 Oct 08
  

  abditus

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  Nancy Hancock

  Australians may not be able to opt out of the government's Internet filtering initiative like they were originally led to believe. Details have begun to come out about Australia's Cyber-Safety Plan, which aims to block "illegal" content from being accessed within the country, as well as pornographic material inappropriate for children. Right now, the system is in the testing stages, but network engineers are now saying that there's no way to opt out entirely from content filtering.

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  Darrel Branson

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  mario64

  Australia continues to ignore its own government-funded studies from 2006 that show ISP-level filtering to be ineffective and costly. The Australian government's disregard for those prior studies suggests that the driving force behind the current plan is

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• 16 Oct 08
  

  Gerhard Stoltz

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     Australia moved forward with its plans despite widespread public outcry and began testing the system in Tasmania in February of this year. At the time, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) said that the filters would be enabled by default and that consumers would have to request unfiltered connectivity if they wished to opt-out of the program.  
  • "Illegal is illegal and if there is infrastructure in place to block it, then it will be required to be blocked—end of story."
  • Australia continues to ignore its own government-funded studies from 2006 that show ISP-level filtering to be ineffective and costly. The Australian government's disregard for those prior studies suggests that the driving force behind the current plan is more political than technical.

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