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Australian Net Filter Gets One Step Closer

Posted by Soulskill on from the put-down-the-kangaroo-and-write-a-letter dept.

Condobolin sends in an update to the Australian government's ongoing efforts to implement ISP-level filtering. One of the hurdles they had to overcome was to build a system that would allow them to filter content without impairing other internet usage. A trial of the system has just concluded, and the results are positive — at least, for the government. Quoting: "More than half of the Internet service providers (ISPs) taking part in the Federal Government's ISP filtering trial have reported minimal speed disruptions or technology problems. Of the nine participating ISPs, iPrimus, Netforce, Webshield, Nelson Bay Online and OMNIconnect told ARN they had seen no slowdowns in Internet speeds or problems with the filtering solutions in place. Of the remaining four ISPs, Tech2U and Highway1 were unable to respond by time of publication while Unwired and Optus refused to comment. ... 'From a technical perspective we're more than confident that if the government decided to roll out a mandatory Internet filter based on or around an Australian Communications and Media Authority blacklist or subset thereof, then it can be done without any impact whatsoever to the speed of the Internet,' [said Webshield managing director Anthony Pillion]."

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  1. Re:Australia already has censorship! by AHuxley · · Score: 1, Troll

    Like in the US, Australian protests are surrounded by clean faced people in strange clothing with cameras, walking up and down side streets, recording all licence plate numbers.
    Strange people in sun glasses and suits on street corners, teams on roofs with quality cameras.
    Australia has very few legal protections. If you write a book, your computer HDs can be mirrored and then smashed in front of you if a minister makes a call.
    Once you start the 'protest' path in Australia, life changes.
    You make new friends full of suggestions, when it comes to trial, they will be facing you :) Just like East Germany.

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  2. Re:Yeah, but... by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Troll
    Actually some of those ISP's listed are huge. Optus and iPrimus would be amongst our largest ISP's over here. Do your research BEFORE you comment please.

    Or you could RTFA yourself: "Optus refused to comment".

  3. Re:yeah but look at the isp's by nurb432 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't care what a group of hick ISPs say

    Sorry, you just lost any creditability you might have had.

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  4. Troll? Fuck you too by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Asshole