ABC 7.30 Report - Australian Mandatory Internet Filtering

ABC 7.30 Report on Australia's Mandatory Internet Filtering Debate.
Monday 24th November 2008
For more in depth information visit: http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Australian_Internet_Filtering

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Filter
• Internet
• Australia
• iiNet
• Internode
• Bigpond
• Government

[NicendFF]

Problems: 1. Filter won't work 2. peer to peer networks aren't affected...irony anyone? 3. VPN's get will around filter 4. proxy servers will get around filter 5. Google translate will get around the filter (seriously!) 6. Vulnerabilities will be hacked constantly. 7. New sites appear every day 8. Their only other option would be keyword search...which would also block this very video 9. The 'black list' WILL be abused 10. My internet is already slow enough In other words, THIS WON'T WORK.....

[sumgui]

As stated in the video. What the FUCK! happened to just good old fashioned parenting? The problem lies with parents treating the internet as this surrogate mother who will pretty much entertain the kids and never do them wrong.

[lovelplants]

uhm... well, i think  that's ok.. i agree..

[mknomad5]

They are just trying to maintain their secrets, whether you think that is a bad or a good thing. The reason they lie to cover up the real, strategic reason, is because there is a rule of secrecy that says, you cannot divulge something that has the effect of informing anyone of your methods. The methods of rolling out the censorship themselves, are classified. Isn't it a bit weak to attack the censorship itself, and not those who are systematically rolling it out? Know the motives of your enemy.

[breerex123]

Australia democracy index just went way down

[venuecam]

Since Conroy is talking about FAMILIES, what bloody FAMILIES sit around watching child porn? Conroy jumps from one argument to another and when he gets stonewalled he automatically yells "CHILD PORN" like he constantly thinks about it.

[venuecam]

The AU govt subdues information about the western occupation of the middle east for weeks after it occurs when it's released mere hours after over there. The govt doesn't want Aussies to know what's happening OS to keep us clalm. This filter has nothing to do with child Porn and EVERYTHING to do with censoring images and articles of conflict OS... just like what happened in India, Egypt and Iran etc etc. All govts are on the same page to censor our information!

[venuecam]

If the govt was serious about a filter they'd put it to the PEOPLE of AU and ask what they thought. AU doesn't own the internet. NO-one does. It's an electronic organism that evolves millions of times a day.

[jimmycar83]

@Aci6 Yeah I know we have no act an theres nothing in our constitution

[Aci6]

@jimmycar83

You do realise Australia doesn't have a freedom of speech act? We have something similar but its not the same. But yeah, total outrage. Deserves all caps.

[Aci6]

@sumgui Its not just that, they also want to stop the people who access the websites of their own accord.

[InsaneRadiation]

It's so easy to break the filter, it'll do it itself.