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Australian Labor Party Proposes ISP Level Filter
An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Labor Party (much the same as the Democrats in the US) are claiming they will force ISPs to block violent and pornographic content if elected. From the article: 'Mr Beazley said all households would be included in the policy unless there was a specific request for access to such material. It was "too hard" for many parents to install internet blockers on their computers to prevent offensive material being downloaded.'"
A study just released by the Labor Party shows that 99.9% of the other parties's web site are considered violent, pornographic or both. "So if we block them after we are elected, it won't be censorship, it will be because we need to protect those poor, hapless households", says Mr Weazley, head of the Internet Content Tagging Office at the Labor Party HQ.
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Just who defines "violent" or "pornographic" material?
Wise people in government. We would never understand, we're not smart enough.
"protecting" their kids from everything short of bottled water.
You trust that shit? It could be zebra cum -- you just don't know!
That's no way to talk about my wife
Porn is anything you lose interest in after you cum
I don't think the isp has enough employees to implement that kind of filter.