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| minski |
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No pr0n under Labor
Liam Getreu
In a monumental backflip, Opposition leader Kim Beazley today announced that if elected, Labor would force ISPs to filter violent or sexual graphic content from internet connections.
The plan is a polar reversal on Labor's previous policy. Former shadow minister for IT & Telecommunications, Kate Lundy, previously told Whirlpool: "Labor believes the Report's recommendation to increase internet regulation by forcing all Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to filter all of their content is unworkable. The cost this would place on ISPs would be prohibitive, and internet speeds would be significantly reduced."
Under the new plan, individual subscribers would be able to "opt-in" to access unrestricted content if they wanted to. Kim Beazley says it is "too hard" for average families to have to figure out how to install and configure internet filtering software on home PCs. He claims a similar system already operates in parts of Europe, including the UK.
The plan follows other ill-fated efforts by political parties, including one from Labor to provide free content blockers to Australian households and one from the conservative party Family First before the last election.
Efforts to rid the Australian internet of porn have generally been costly but ineffective political exercises. In 2003, former Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Senator Richard Alston distributed more than 32,000 fridge magnets to callers concerned about Internet porn.
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http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1608?show=replies
News article from Australian IT also shown here
Anyway, discussion. What does everyone think?
IMO, this is what happens when the previous generation gets out of touch with technology and society. Has our society become this stifled that parents cant, god forbid, discuss pornography and sex with their children? s me up the wall, this is becoming like China internet shield. |
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| Nyquist_Theorem |
Setting aside the merits of the idea (or lack thereof), implementing it would be impossible. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
It's frustrating that this country's federal Labor party keeps doing such silly voter-alienating things. Regardless of which party you support, having two competitive parties keeps things on a more even keel. Watching one party flop around like a fish on a pier only gives the other that much more freedom to do as they like without fear of losing popular support. :( |
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| tonydanza |
| I think they underestimate just how many people are actually closet porn junkies .. appealing to the general public by saying they want to implement something like this to fish for votes will get them nowhere. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
yeah, more stupid bollocks from the labor party.
i think its to punish everyone coz parents are too stupid/lazy/incompetent to supervise their children\'s surfing habits. since when did the government\'s responsibility become baby sitting? |
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| sunrise3500 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nyquist_Theorem
Setting aside the merits of the idea (or lack thereof), implementing it would be impossible. Stupid, stupid, stupid. |
i wouldn't say that, look at commie countries controlling access...
that said, they can block it to a certain degree, but there'd be ways around it.
is it really feasable though? no.... major headache for ips's
and i'm guessing, if they were wanting to introduce it, it'd be like for all of australia except the ACT... *rollseyes* :) |
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