Internet censorship in Australia, who wants it?  Hmmm…  Tough question, isn’t it?

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In 2008, the Australian government proposed mandatory Internet filtering for all Australians.  The filtering had been trialed at a few Internet Service Providers(ISP) and apparently was very successfully.  Yeah right, we were also lead to believe the Cane toads were safe for our habitats…
The government has to put enough spins on the success of this censorship trial just to justify how much money they have spent on this.

The filter at the ISP level is meant to block Refused Classification (RC) content.  These content include and not limited to images associated with sexual abuse or sexual violence, bestiality, detailed information about crime, violence, drug use and terrorist materials.

Besides the RC content, there is also a list of banned sites.  This list is secret and no one will know about it.  My main concern is “What should be and should not be on this list, who controls it?”

I do not have issues with blocking of certain ‘bad’ media/information to immature individuals.  I am using ‘bad’ in the very broad/general sense.  However, to have a big brother says what is good or bad is not really democratic.  Telling my sons what is right and wrong is already difficult enough ;-) .  I can understand the gigantic and impossible task the Australian government has ahead of them.  Good luck K Rudd and Conroy!

Oh no!  My head hurts just thinking about this issue.  Where is my red wine? :-)