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Australian Labor Party Proposes ISP Level Filter

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the education-and-parenting-also-too-hard dept.

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.'"

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  1. In other news... by SysKoll · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  2. Re:Porn defined by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's no way to talk about my wife

  3. Re:Porn defined by toad3k · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.