Internet Filtering by ISPs




Posted by final kaoss


Quoted post: Australian government plans to filter net use have been rebuffed by local internet service providers (ISPs).

Telstra, Australia's largest ISP, has said it will not join trials of the filters and others say they will only back a scaled-down system.

The government wants to filter all net traffic and block access to 10,000 sites deemed to hold illegal content.

The initial trials of the filtering technology were due to take place before Christmas.


hxtp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7779547.stm


Seems that this content filtering is not going to go away, dispite the block from some of the AUS ISPs, although some others will use a limited filter, but still blocking specific sites from its users. I believe this will start to catch on in other countries, China already has content filtering of specific sites.

What actually gives the Gov the right to block what sites we can view and what is deemed illegal?

Are freedoms being eroded?



Posted by misogenie

Child pornography images and websites
Illegal activity in chat rooms (e.g. grooming)
Online hate & xenophobia websites
:cool:

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Posted by Jesse Smith


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[quote]The connection has timed out

The server at [url]www.safererinternet.org[/url] is taking too long to respond.

For those of you in Rio Linda, da correct URL iz http://www.saferinternet.org/ :D



Posted by Lord of Spam

Welcome to the erosion of your free speech, new millenium style.




Posted by #061402

The real offenders will just find ways around it, so it's pretty much just a way to prevent your regular citizen from fapping to child pornography or something else.