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"no need to bring china into

"no need to bring china into the equation - there aren't enough people in Australia that fully understand what goes on over there to make legitimate comment."

we can all read the news reports, and unless there is a global conspiracy by every major western news agency then Im pretty sure China has amongst the most severe and strict regulations on what its citizens can access and discuss on the Web....there are plenty of examples of Chinese dissidents being imprisoned for dissent - that is a fact, and doesnt take much understanding to comment on...

"Internet content filtering"...otherwise known as CENSORSHIP.

Is Internet content filtering feasible?
Probably not, definitely not 100% (look at the success rate for spam and virus control attempts).

Will it be used for the purpose Senator Conroy claims it will be used for, or will it do more to damage freedoms than restrict child pornography?
Once it starts when/where will it stop?

Should the onus be on parents, or ISPs to block what children can view online?
Parents should be in charge of their children not ISP's or the Government.

Are we following in China's footsteps?
Not yet, but we're eying their shoes up for size!

Censorship isn't the answer

The Internet is just a communication method. I don't see them trying to launch a phone filtering system to stop child pornography. Neither does Australia Post open your letters to check them for content. Why should the Internet be any different?

We already have laws to deal with the illegal activities they're trying to stop. This is just them trying to get themselves in the news.

educate the parents

agree, use the $125.8 million to stop the crime at it's source.

educate the parents

the parents should be responsible for filtering what their children are looking at online.

this debacle over censorship is much like the case of kids recording the raping of some woman in the UK then posting it on youtube.

dont shoot the messenger. do something about the sickos who are actually putting the child pornography up on the net in the first place. use the internet to trace them down and throw them behind bars!

footsteps?

no need to bring china into the equation - there aren't enough people in Australia that fully understand what goes on over there to make legitimate comment.

Aren't there any other examples of social systems more like our own that we can compare to????

what a wonderful euphemism

"Internet content filtering"...otherwise known as CENSORSHIP.
I agree that doing more to block child pornpgraphy is essential, and ISP level filtering *may* have its place with regards to that abhorrent subject. However, it seems no one can give a solid answer on whether the technologies behind the filtering works, so unless it is 100% faultless, 100% of the time, then we MUST say no to content filtering.
In the words of benjamin; those who would give up essential liberties to purchase a little TEMPORARY safety deserve neither... Unless the technology is proven to be faultless by all sides of the debate, I dont want my civil liberties curtailed or what I do on the Internet monitored just because of the small percentage of horrible people that facilitate child pornography...................................... Its like saying we should all wear ankle bracelets so that when the tiny percentage of us commit a grave crime the perpetrators can be caught, even though its at the expense of everyone else's liberties

The Reds are out from under the bed

Too much in the wrong direction

I think defining what is appropriate or inappropriate to block is the biggest problem behind this form of censorship. And once the filtering system is in place it is far simpler for that definition to be changed.

How do we stop a future government from using such a mechanism to silence opposition or a politically vocal group from silencing people who think differently to them? Child pornography is detestable, but when we use filtering to silence it aren't we just putting in place a mechanism, that when abused will ultimately silence ourselves?

Too much too soon

Surely we should define inappropriate content for the broader community before we end up blocking everything? Will this include propaganda, political resources etc?

I can't help but think that we're firing before determining where the enemy is.

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