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Could Internet filtering cause more harm than good?

ZDNet - Zack Whittaker - ‎Sep 16, 2009‎

With the United Kingdom and New Zealand with independent filters in place, and Australia potentially soon after, Internet censorship is becoming common ...

Internet Filtering as the 1st line of Defense Christian Post

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PM's site suffers Anonymous DDos attack

Computerworld Australia - ‎Sep 9, 2009‎

The disabling follows a 'Declaration of War' against the Australian government by Anonymous as a reprisal for its role in establishing an Internet filter. ...

Hacker attack on PM's website highlights online security challenge SmartCompany.com.au

Anonymous hacker group hits Australian Prime Minister with a DDoS ... SC Magazine UK

K-Rudd's Website Targetted By Anti-Censorship Hackers Anonymous Gizmodo Australia

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The Australian Internet Filter project in place by the current Federal Government (under Senator Conroy) is a touch topic for some. Basically its about censorship. Applying a model of "rating" web content against a set of criteria that determines whether or not Australian web users should have access or not.

This would be unbelievably difficult, without resorting to automation. Currently a panel of "censors" determine ratings on other media here in Australia. They watch, listen, play, read etc then determine what rating the content should have.

On the web, this would be impossible. There is just too much!

So the focus is narrowed.

Across the media, the loudest voices talk about "child protection". Filtering out the nasty child-abusive-paedophillic websites that are not so nice. They aren't very nice, I agree. I don't condone that sort of activity one bit.

But. If this internet filter is about child protection then I am concerned.

How much money has been and will be spent on this?

How much money and resources could be redirected to the real issue? Police, Child Protection authorities, Health, Families, Education to help stop the problem at the root rather than band-aid it and claim success.

Senator Conroy. Is this the man you want protecting YOUR children? He seems to want to. Is this right? I don't have all the answers. But I have my concerns.

What do you think?

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