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Aussie Gov't To Introduce Bill That Would Require ISP-Level Censorship

Posted by timothy on from the lovely-people-shame-about-the-government dept.

bennyboy64 writes "iTnews reports that the Australian Government has announced its intention to introduce legislation that will make ISP-level filtering mandatory for all refused classification material hosted overseas. The Government intends to amend the Broadcasting Services Act in August 2010 to enforce the filter, and expects the filter to be operational within a further twelve months. 'The report into the pilot trial of ISP-level filtering demonstrates that blocking RC-rated material can be done with 100 percent accuracy and negligible impact on internet speed' Senator Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy said." This despite, as reader Sharky2009 writes, the trial run showing that "a technically competent user could circumvent filtering technology based on ACMA’s blacklist."

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  1. what the fuck. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is there a way to vote this guy out of office or something?

  2. Wake up Australia by jack2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't believe you're still swallowing this bullshit by the buckets. It's time you did something. Get those people out of parliament, elect new officials!

    1. Re:Wake up Australia by BlortHorc · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yes, sadly so, we need to introduce a new law. Must be at least this technically literate to hold a ministerial position governing technology. Sadly, that would exclude essentially all currently elected politicians, as well as the vast bulk of the potential electoral fodder.

      This is essentially the end result of having a technological society where technological education is not mandatory. They require you to learn English, so you can speak to people, but the don't require you understand technology, so that you can understand the society you live in.

      As a consequence, at best, the pollies are neophytes, and at worst luddites.

  3. Time for heads to [politically] roll... by Smegly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Send a clear message in next Aussie elections... Pirate Party Australia.