Newmatilda: cleanfeed wont work. No Clean Feed - Stop Internet Censorship in Australia. Google view on Filtering. At Google we are concerned by the Government's plans to introduce a mandatory filtering regime for Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Australia, the first of its kind amongst western democracies.* Our primary concern is that the scope of content to be filtered is too wide.
We have a bias in favour of people's right to free expression. While we recognise that protecting the free exchange of ideas and information cannot be without some limits, we believe that more information generally means more choice, more freedom and ultimately more power for the individual. Some limits, like child pornography, are obvious. No Australian wants that to be available – and we agree. Google, like many other Internet companies, has a global, all-product ban against child sexual abuse material and we filter out this content from our search results. While the discussion on ISP filtering continues, we should all retain focus on making the Internet safer for people of all ages. Language #nocleanfeed dooms it DDsD. Sex Party fears end of net porn - News - Communications - ZDNet. The Australian Sex Party (ASP) claims popular sites Penthouse.com, Hustler.com and Redtube.com will be blocked under a mandatory ISP filtering scheme thanks to Australia's x-rated rules.
Fiona Patten, spokesperson for ASP, which is aiming for a spot in the Senate, told ZDNet.com.au today that Minister for Communications Stephen Conroy had backtracked on promises he had made to the party while in opposition. "He said, 'Don't worry, we're not going to try and stop adults from viewing what they want. This isn't about cracking down on adults'," said Patten. However, Patten said that around 4 million adult websites from around the globe, including those that most people would consider "mainstream", would be blocked by the filters due to Australia's classification system for x-rated content. "When we say refused classification, we're talking sexually abusive language, any form of fetish...
"I don't think people are aware of how the classification system works in Australia. Writing to Ministers –- Crikey. If your first instinct upon hearing about the Rudd-Conroy plan to censor the internet is to email Stephen Conroy, your local member and Labor senators from your state to protest, wait up.
Or, in fact, do it anyway, then read this. Let me explain some facts about writing to ministers, drawn from my sordid, blood-soaked and adventure-filled time as a public servant. For a start, understand that few ministers if any read their correspondence. It’s not that they don’t care, it’s that it’s not humanly possible to read even a fraction of the amount of emails, faxes and letters they get. So the chances of you directly influencing a Minister with your particularly brilliant insight into the issue are zip. Smokescreen. Kirby's fear of net censorship Retired High Court Justice Michael Kirby tells 2UE's Latika Bourke about his fears of internet censorship in Australia. 17, 2009 One of Australia's top communications experts says the Government's internet censorship trials were designed to succeed from the outset, presented no new information and are now being used by the Government to further its political agenda.
His comments came after Communications Minister Stephen Conroy yesterday announced he would introduce legislation before next year's elections forcing ISPs to block a secret blacklist of "refused classification" (RC) websites for all Australian internet users. Separately, a report into the scope of content that will be caught up in the net filters concluded that the Government's policy might lead to a wide range of innocuous material disappearing from Australians' computer screens.
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