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Australia to Offer Widespread ISP-level Filtering
Phurge writes "According to a Sydney Morning Herald article, the Australia government has decided to take the controversial step of having internet service providers filter web content at the request of parents, in a crackdown on online bad language, pornography and child sex predators. 'The more efficient compulsory filtering of internet service providers (ISPs) was proposed in March last year by the then Labor leader, Kim Beazley. At the time, the Communications Minister, Helen Coonan, and ISPs criticised his idea as expensive. Three months later Senator Coonan announced the Government's Net Alert policy, which promised free filtering software for every home that wanted it. She also announced an ISP filtering trial to be conducted in Tasmania. That trial was scrapped. Today Mr Howard will hail the ISP filtering measure as a world first by any Government, and is expected to offer funding to help cover the cost. Parents will be able to request the ISP filter option when they sign up with an ISP. It will be compulsory to provide it. The measures will come into effect by the end of this month.'"
Jesus H. Fucking Christ Almighty, it's only goddammed fucking words.
Profanity is the crutch of inarticulate motherfuckers.
Only pedophiles think about the children :D
Oh, they won't beat us in the USA. If they implement internet filtering, we'll plant microphones in everybody's house and have "profanity police" listening in periodically. Nobody is going to out-big-brother us - we're number one! we're number one!
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Looks like Australia will have to censor its own ads. Time for a new slogan I guess.