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Australia Chooses Education Over Filtering

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-about-the-children dept.

riprjak writes "The Australian federal government has rejected a call for Internet filtering to 'protect' Australians from child pornography and has opted instead to undertake an education and information campaign to teach parents about the perils of the Internet."

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  1. Picks jaw off floor . . . . by Tetsugaku-San · · Score: 1, Funny

    Good God really? But what about the children!!!!!!!!

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  2. State of Shock by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 5, Funny

    A government made a sensible, non-kneejerk decision with regard to the Internet?

    I want to to move there!

    Oh, wait... I already did. :)

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    1. Re:State of Shock by CrackedButter · · Score: 1, Funny

      You smug fuck..... :-)

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    2. Re:State of Shock by krumms · · Score: 3, Funny

      You could still get to the gay porn if you really wanted to.

      I mean, not that I'd know or anything. :o

    3. Re:State of Shock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      So because it was gay porn it was sensible? So if they blocked straight porn it would have been just as sensible?

  3. Finally some sense... by ebsf1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oi oi oi

  4. My god... by VirtualWolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the Howard government doing something intelligent?!

    ::looks outside to see if the sky is falling::

  5. In Australia... by 12+inch+pianist · · Score: 2, Funny

    only stupid people vote for filtering.

    pr0n.au is my next investment.

  6. educating the public by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And remember folks... if you go to warez sites, you're going to get child porn popups from hell.

  7. For those that didn't RTFA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Basically the low down is Australia will have really educated children porn stars.

  8. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE.... by lachlan76 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oi! Oi! Oi!

    If you're not Australian, and don't know, then don't even try to understand ;)

  9. Box of cereal 'worth $35,000' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Box of cereal 'worth $35,000'

  10. In the spirit of people who don't visit Fark.com by Vicsun · · Score: 5, Funny

    [WHAT]

  11. Redirection of resources by michaeldot · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is not just commonsense, it will also free up for resources for fighting the TRUE dangers to our children here in sunny Oz:

    If the dingoes don't get our babies, Steve Irwin will feed them to a crocodile!