Mark Newton on Internet Filtering

[bald11]

Has the minister forgotten that child porn is illegal antway, the police are constantly looking for this illegal stuff. I think he has forgotten about it.

Conroy is a hypocritical arsehole of the highest order and can stick this filter where the sun don't shine.

[ale848]

im gonna move to NZ if this passes

[FishyMoe]

@ale848 Nah mate please stay and fight. This is fighting for your country, not invading Iraq for oil. We have to be strong and make choices to change. Remember, they are working in our interests, not vice versa.

[LJMpictures]

Pathetic BS excuses, there are DOZENS of internet security programs so there's no need for this. Its just a bullshit excuse to put in this manipulation tool to adjust it to their will, whenever they like.

[ale848]

next it will be "bad" video games then "bad" movies then maybe "bad" music. Then finally we can all live in Conroys utopian peacefull sex free society

[Jcliveshere]

Can't remember which ISP CEO said this "The very people you are trying to protect are smarter than you".

Internet censorship is going to cost us more money, time and our freedom.

[Jcliveshere]

@Jcliveshere internode's CEO... its so true. you block something, we find a way to get around it.

[UberNoodleX]

Protecting kids from porn? Before the Net, kids pulled off to underwear catalogues shoved indescriminantly in letterboxes. Now they can find some hardcore online. So what? What is the objection? What is happening infront of the kids' eyes or what is going on their minds. I assure you, they aren't making sweet sweet love. They are banging like battleships. This filtering system is like saying that the rustling of leaves creates the wind.

[UberNoodleX]

@UberNoodleX And of course, I am talking about teenagers (who are still kids) going through puberty, having natural interests and feelings, and actually depending on their PARENTS/GUARDIANS to drop the puritan pretense and give a little advice and understanding. The gen X and Ys have obvisously forgotten what it was like to be young. Most content is LEGAL in context, but blocking it in way that makes that context impossible to reach, is wrong.

[UberNoodleX]

@UberNoodleX I understand that officially, the filter will use the OFLC's rating systems as guides, but in the end, unless EVERY SINGLE SITE is entered by hand, there is no hope that a large percentage of LEGAL content won't be blocked just to save some kids from phantom kiddie porn. Face it, that kind of stuff is found by people who know where to find it - not on Google.

[PsychoJay75]

Fuck Internet Censorship, If you've got kids - Download and install Net Nanny software on your PC. Better yet, sit next to your kids when their online or get them the fuck off the computer and send them outside to play. For fucks sake are parents that fucking irresponsible these days that they leave their kids unsupervised. Pay more attention to your kids activities and maybe this wouldn't be a big deal in the first place. Fucking hypocrites.....

[MyBarry2009]

Don't worry Tony Abbott won't turn it into a religious filter and stop all that UNWANTED stuff ? No more tits and ass

[CrocodileBurgers]

@PaintMeWhite

As romantic as that sounds, what form of governance would you have us replace them with? That course of action would only lead us down the path of feudalism or dictatorships, or something as equally bad.

It would perhaps be a bit more productive to actually let the pollies know that you are dissatisfied with these decisions through organised (and civilised) rallies.

[darkblood626]

I know a way to keep questionable material from getting to your children.

Turn the fucking pc off and stop using it as a babysitter.

[18Porchmonkey]

Bias? if you're right it's not being biased.

[luxtfreak2003]

My name is actually Mark Newton. Watching this was kind of creepy.

[rimosmob]

be accountable dont expect others to be accountable for you and our use K9 WEB FILTER

it is free and it loads to all users on your pc and you set it up as you see fit

[crowdedenz87]

Some parents are really irresponsible these days. Most that do support this plan know nothing about computers or the internet. They just don't the care about the rest of the population of Australia. In a sense

if a parent "cannot" look after their own child on the internet. Does that not make them an unfit parent?

I am in the IT business and websites like this and many others will be blocked. I would even foresee another popular website like "Ebay" being banned as well.

[intheshitter]

I dont know about unfit, but id say it makes them extremely ignorant.

[intheshitter]

OMG little lisa saw a dick on the internet.

[crowdedenz87]

What did she see a picture of Stephen Conroy?

[explodingdinosaurs]

Go Mark!

[rtwesen]

well said mark

[shaynehunter]

thanks of the upload

[Conza88]

Fuck... off... Senator Conroy...

- How do you protect Kids from porn?

Buy net nanny or any of the bazillion computer programs out there, even ones for FREE, or keep them off the computer you fken stains..