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The Federal Government is continuing on their crusade to block illegal online material within Australia. Civil libertarians are concerned about the censorship aspect, those in the online industry say it will slow things down, and in the end will prove futile.
Michael Malone, managing director of iiNet, one of Australia’s largest ISPs, yesterday called Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy “the worst we’ve had in the past 15 years since the [online] industry has existed.”
While Telstra and Optus haven’t confirmed whether they’ll take part in the trials which are set to begin December 24, Malone told the Sydney Morning Herald that iiNet would participate with the express purpose of showing the government “how stupid it is”.
“They’re not listening to the experts, they’re not listening to the industry, they’re not listening to consumers, so perhaps some hard numbers will actually help. Every time a kid manages to get through this filter, we’ll be publicising it and every time it blocks legitimate content, we’ll be publicising it.”
Testing has shown that currently available filters can’t really distinguish effectively between illegal and legal content, and can slow down internet speeds by up to 86%. Add to that the fact that most ISPs already allow their customers the option of content filtering, and you can see why people are thinking that the $44.2 million would be better spent elsewhere.
ehcoroche says...
it makes me truly angry...his office called me the other day... i dont even know why they bothered... didnt wanna listen, didnt have anything constructive to say, just a few lines and s*
damz says...
Good concise summary of the problem at hand Christian. This policy if implemented will be more devious than the Bush administration wiretapping and has more scope for misuse by bureaucrats than anything Australia has seen before. My message to Rudd govt: the only damn policy you were mandated to see through when you were elected was scrapping WorkChoices. Why the F haven't you even managed that yet you bunch of imbeciles? Anyone who wants to know more info on this censorship policy visit efa.org.au and nocleanfeed.com or the discussion forums at Whirlpool.
The3rdPlumpDj says...
Labor... init!!
ScottieThaMack says...
The level of censorship the LABOR Government wants us to have is the same as China and Saudi Arabia. KRudd and his commo mates have gone to far this time. What did you stupid f*cks vote them in? Rudd, Swan and Gillard will ruin this country.
The3rdPlumpDj says...
Scottie – I could not have put it so eloquently and also, labor as part of their election promises said they would be upgrading all of our broadband services, now it is clear why, they will spend all of our tax payer money doing so only to use its capacity to control the content we can see… why the hell did anyone vote in these dead shits?
Vinli says...
"the $44.2 million would be better spent elsewhere" very well said. From a purely technical and not moral/ethical standing this proposal of Stephen Conroy's is useless!
samdup says...
This editorial was too political imo. There's little relevance to music that would be expected from ITM.
Jace Bratten says...
Are you an idiot samdup. Its relevant in the fact that you just posted a comment on a site that may well be effected by this. Not to mention the fact that (unless your a doll bludger) the $44.2M is coming out of our pocket.
donut152 says...
Umm here's a idea,, why don't they put that 44.2 million into the health system??? or better yet into our farming agriculture so there's Aussie food on the table.. Thev got there priorities all wrong.. and can some people on here stop dissing the Rudd government, because the Howard government was just as bad..