Comments on: Mandatory Internet Filtering

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:03:11 +0000

It is so sad that all this money and resources will be wasted on a system that probably won't even work. Hackers will get through whatever firewall they put up. There's some more at this interesting article.

By: neitro

neitro — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:40:07 +0000

Aussies are always in their element..

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Censoring the Censorship « Thoughts on Freedom — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:24:59 +0000

[...] Censoring the Censorship It seems the government has got a bit narky with some critics of it’s Internet censorship policy. [...]

By: Stephen Gream

Stephen Gream — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:28:39 +0000

Don’t know yet, it’s still in it’s infancy, just making sure we can get some numbers so it isn’t just 5 of us walking around looking stupid

By: TerjeP (say tay-a)

TerjeP (say tay-a) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:22:36 +0000

Stephen – what time is the protest?

By: Stephen Gream

Stephen Gream — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:39:47 +0000

Anyone in Canberra free for a protest outside parliament house? We need to nip this s**t in the bud before the government thinks it has the right to do this kind of thing

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:20:58 +0000

I hate this it is stupid it violates all our freedom on the internet, the labor party has gone too far. Is it true it might slow all of Australia’s internet speeds down by 70 percent?

By: TerjeP (say tay-a)

TerjeP (say tay-a) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:24:13 +0000

Lots of porn isn’t illegal.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0000

There’s two “illegal” things that people want: copyrighted material and porn. If this net filtering plan goes ahead will these be casualties?
If I ever get access denied coming up on my computer I (and a minority of others) will be furious.

Also, why does there appear to be no coverage in the mainstream media? Are they on board with the government sneaking this up on us?

I think I will do as an above commenter has done and send an email to my local MP.

By: Shem Bennett

Shem Bennett — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:20:55 +0000

I wonder if Steven Conroy is going to mandate all pornography be kept in safes, because if not, porn is going to be accessible by teenagers (and children).

Is Steven Conroy going to ensure that all parents have locks on their doors for when they have sex so little Johnny can’t accidentally see a sex act?

Protecting against accidental exposure (which in my experience is quite, quite rare) is really ridiculous. I know when I was 8 I accidentally saw a late night movie on TV with a couple having quite explicit sex. Not to mention when I was 10-12 and deliberately tried to watch late night SBS. Accidental exposure happens, get over it. What’s so bad about sex anyway? Do we really want to raise a generation of kids afraid of sex? Good way to reduce overpopulation, I guess…