Australian Government To Mandate Internet Filters

ratzmilk writes "The Australian government is mandating the creation of 'clean' internet feeds. To be optionally made available to schools and homes that request it, the feed would offer built-in filters of 'pornography and inappropriate content'. Said Senator Controy: 'Labor makes no apologies to those that argue that any regulation of the internet is like going down the Chinese road ... If people equate freedom of speech with watching child pornography, then the Rudd-Labor Government is going to disagree.'"

Comments

Re:Better check the details

[Rogerborg]

(the filterists) believe that pedophilia is contagious; if someone sees kiddie pron, they will become pedophiles

<Republican>Of course that's how it works. Nobody is born homosexual or French; they have to be groomed into it.</Republican>

Re:If its optional, who cares?

[stewbacca]

I'd mod you to hell if I hadn't already posted

Bah, it's better to post a rebuttal to something you disagree with than it is to mod somebody down anyway. Modding down is a more pussified version of posting anonymously amyway :-p