Aussie Censorship "Live Trials" Won't Be Live

Xiroth writes "In what could be the first step to backing down on the plans to censor the Australian Internet, Communication Minister Stephen Conroy has made it known that the live trials of the Government filter will not, in fact, be live, instead being downgraded to a closed network test. Given that this would provide no further information than what Government tests have already provided, this may prove to be a face-saving measure before the plan is quietly scrapped. Nonetheless, concerned Australians are encouraged to attend protests planned for this weekend to ensure that the Government gets the message."

Comments

Its not such a bad idea...

[balzi]

Aside from all the bugs which will block legitimate sites, I think censorship is a great idea. Just block all the crap that leads to depraved minds and sabotages the mind against women and children.

Speaking as an Australian - I would rather this than the "freedom" the US people strive for where the most immoral things are allowed to survive in the name of individual rights.

My only concession is that censoring has a bad history of blocking the most inane and harmless content because of someone's odd interpretation.