Smith calls for independent audit of Internet content filter trial results
- 15 December, 2009 18:05
- Comments 3
The new shadow Communications Minister, Tony Smith, has called for an independent audit of the Federal Government's controversial ISP-level content filtering trial results released today.
Senator Stephen Conroy today announced he would push ahead with the content filter to block URLs that received a Refused Content classification by the ACMA in the face of considerable public backlash, was potentially detrimental to the industry's reputation.
A trial conducted by Enex Testlab earlier this year with a handful of ISPs resulted in a report also released today.
In a statement Smith said the Coalition supports measures to protect children from inappropriate internet content and that "appropriate adult supervision and guidance should be front and centre of all online safety efforts".
"The fact that it has taken two years in office for Minister Conroy to make today’s announcement is testament to the difficulty he has had with the workability and effectiveness of his proposal and evidence of his chaotic approach to the issue," Smith said in the statement. "In the meantime, the Minister’s only concrete action has been to cancel from last New Year’s Eve the program implemented by the former Government that provided all Australian families with access to a free PC-based content filter. "Whilst the Coalition remains concerned that the Rudd Government’s approach will simply be unmanageable, we have also said from the beginning that we were prepared to assess any credible trial results. "Now that Senator Conroy has finally produced the report, that detail needs to be assessed."
Smith added the coalition would consult with Telstra and other ISPs over the coming weeks to assess the plan.
Related articles from today's news:
Mandatory ISP-Level Filtering report released
Australian Federal Government to introduce mandatory ISP-level filtering
Budde: Worries remain over ISP-level content filter
ISP-level filter bad for industry
- Bookmark this page
- Share this article
- Got more on this story? Email Computerworld
- Follow Computerworld on twitter
- Quick Facts on Reducing the Footprint of Printing
- Datacenter Efficiency with Oracle x86 Blade System Solutions
- Oracle Exadata: Extreme Performance Lowest Cost
- The Pathways ICT Leadership Development Program | Turning today’s ICT professionals into tomorrow’s business leaders | 2012 Course Curriculum
- Protecting Generation Web
- iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending February 10
- 3D mapping revives underwater city
- Academic challenges Turnbull over NBN satellite criticism
- What are you saying: Telstra’s customer service slowly improving, SA minister urging Facebook to overturn its photo ban
- In pictures: Capgemini opens new Canberra office
-
Maingear's six-core laptop has 1.8TB of SSD storage
-
After Megaupload shuts, BTJunkie follows
-
Windows Event Viewer phishing scam remains active
-
NeuroSky MindWave: Fun with Brainwaves
-
20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try
-
Windows 7 for Seniors for Dummies®
-
Teach Yourself Visually Windows 7
-
Windows 7 for Dummies® Dvd+book Bundle
-
MYOB Software for Dummies 6E Australian Edition
-
Computers for Seniors for Dummies, 2nd Edition
-
Microsoft Office
-
Excel 2007 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies
-
Office 2007 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies
-
Office 2007 for Dummies












Comments
Jahm Mitt
The great thing about all of this religious or "culty" guff, is that all the sheeple groveling in their steeple, they all have "opinions" about what their deity is "saying" and righteously so, but the deity in the last few thousands of years of "omnipotence", has never once put in a personal appearance.
You know like if "JC and the Space Cadets" were a rock band - the clueless would have caught on that while the promoters claim that they play in gigs all over the land, but they have never turned up; while the clueless and stupid keep rocking up and buying the tickets.
Losers.
So the same overlording us with more holier than thou drivel, is projected into the area of computer games and internet sites.
Again while people get slaughtered for fun and profit in the movies and the real world, playing computer games doing the same stuff is just not on?
Why?
Am I surprised that the people thrusting their liturgical loins at the censors office for "standards and decency" are not trying to put the shackles on those who choose to have their own autonomous opinions, by declaring them to workers of the devil, sorcery and witches - starting with the jabbings for the devils mark.
Am I even further surprised that this is now extending into the Great Australian Firewall.
Perhaps those who cry loudest are those who look forlornly upon the promises of the bible, such as Ezekiel 23: 21 "whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose emission was like that of stallions."
I mean who wouldn't want that or to be getting that?
I mean thank god Conroy is standing up for real Christian family values.
Jesus said in Revelation 2:22-23 "And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works."
So Jesus wants to kill our kids - that's cool cause it is Jesus.
Timbo says I Timothy 2:11-14 "Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."
So all the women ought to keep their traps shut. I mean it's in the bible - so it must be true right.
And God digs killing pregnant chicks by knifing them and smashing their kids brains out on the ground; so the christians have got this family values stuff down pat: Hosea 13:16 "Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up."
So Conroy and his catholic buddies have got this right - we have to be protected against them out there on the internet and subjugate ourselves to the righteous christians showing us how their god loves us and how we ought to be kissing his ass, on the basis of their say so.
Oh did I mention that the old testament is a scammed copy of the Code of Hammurubi? The King of Babylons state laws - and the first 6 books of the bible are bare faced rip offs of this, just rebranded to a diety instead of the king?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_code_of_Hammurabi.pdf
Yep gotta remember them good old christian family values, the true word of god is the bible... except that getting nailed for copyright and plagarisim wasn't invented then.
Anonymous
We will not be saved from this indignity by the Coalition. They are even more keen to enforce their narrow views on the internet than Labor. The only reason they pretend to care is to make Labor take the heat for doing the evil deed. As soon as Labor loses to the Coalition, they'll turf out Labor's political filter and put in their own.
That is the truth of this proposal. It is not for the benefit of children or the elevation of morals or any other of a hundred poor excuses. It is a naked power grab, power that both sides of politics would dearly love to wield.
Bruce
Dont get too hung up on the religious element Jahm. The sheeple are just the puppets. The people pulling the strings always stand a little further back.
Knowledge is power, power is money. Dont you think Al Gore would be happier today if climategate had not wrecked his scam. Certainly Rudd will be looking a little silly at the end of all this. I am sure the Israelis would be happier if news of their war crimes had not reached Western ears. The bankers would be happier if we believed that the bailout and too big to fail were good things. Tony Blair would be happier if his decisions re Iraq were not coming under so much scrutiny. The Serbians would have been happier if they had not stood up to US corruption.
People with knowledge tend to get angry when they are being conned and are difficult to control. Much better that we put the infrastructure in now so that the status quo can be maintained and those born to rule can rule and those born to labor can labour.
Post new comment