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New Zealand Introduces Internet Filtering

Posted by timothy on from the watch-out-it's-catchy dept.

Thomas Beagle writes "The New Zealand government has been stealthily introducing a centralised internet child-pornography specific filtering system. Voluntary for ISPs but not for their users, ISPs representing over 94% of the market are already intending to join. Read the general FAQ and technical FAQ about the proposed Netclean Whitebox implementation."

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  1. "Voluntary" - right... by mi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Voluntary for ISPs but not for their users

    Yes, right. "Voluntary". You can join the system "voluntary", or you'll have to enforce anti-child pornography laws yourself, and we'll be extra careful checking, that you do...

    Another example of such "voluntary" joining are "E-ZPass" — you don't have to sign-up, but certain toll-plazas have no other means to pay any more. The other, I fear, will be the "public healthcare option", that law-makers are discussing...

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