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Australian Senator Wants to Censor the Net

Posted by samzenpus on from the think-of-the-children dept.

Paul writes "An Australian Senator wants Australians' internet connections to be automatically filtered by ISPs. Anyone who wants to view pornography or 'other adult material' (details not specified) must apply to their ISP to be given access to it. Another step towards becoming a nanny state."

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  1. Not a nanny by ReformedExCon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is this any different from hotels or cable companies blocking adult channels by default? By requiring this step, it blocks children from adult sites on the Internet (to the extent that the filters work).

    This gives much more power to parents to control what their children have access to at home. Whereas there are numerous ways to circumvent PC-based web filters, there really isn't much a child can do to bypass ISP filters.

    It's a good idea.

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  2. Australia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since when does Australia matter? Aren't they all a bunch of criminals anyway?

  3. Australians... by Coryoth · · Score: -1, Troll

    All this really goes to show is that, much as one might have expected, Australians really are as stupid as people from Utah. Then again what can you really expect from a country with people dumb enough to elect Pauline Hanson to parliament.

    To all those intelligent people in Australia and Utah (don't worry, I know you exist): you have my condolences, but really, isn't it about time you thought about moving or something?

    Jedidiah.

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