Tag Archives: net-filter

ISP filtering policy is not evidence-based

Editorial: ISP filtering policy is not evidence-based – Whirlpool Broadband News.
Must read editorial on the failure that will be the Great Firewall of China.
Make no mistake, this will be another Labor Bungle.  Although it won’t cause the loss of life the Insulation Affair did, it’s going to cost us far more money is lost productivity [...]

Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia’s freeways

Conroy abandons speed hump plans for Australia’s freeways | Digihub Blog | digihub.smh.com.au.

China blocks N.Y. Times, Ming Pao

China blocks N.Y. Times, Ming Pao.

British ISPs filtering Wikipedia

British ISPs filtering Wikipedia | Digital Media – CNET News.
So when Stephen Conroy and Kevin Rudd and all the Labor Party hacks tell you that the Clean Feed will only filter out bad, evil, vile pornographic sites, now you know what they have in mind.  Oh yes, Wikipedia, it’s vile.  Wikipedia is the scum of [...]

Children’s welfare groups slam net filters

Children’s welfare groups slam net filters – Technology – smh.com.au.
Hey Senator Conroy, are you listening?
I love the opening paragraph of this story:
Support for the Government’s plan to censor the internet has hit rock bottom, with even some children’s welfare groups now saying that that the mandatory filters, aimed squarely at protecting kids, are ineffective and [...]

Michael Malone of iiNet: interview from CBC Search Engine

Last week I found out Michael Malone of iiNet would be on the CBC podcast Search Engine.  I wanted to follow up with a link to the interview as the episode is now online.  I’m hoping to draw more attention to his comments as I think the “Clean Feed” is the kind of censorship that [...]

Michael Malone of iiNet to be interviewed on next week’s Search Engine

Iran, China- and Australia?
Ah sweet!  I love Search Engine, add it to your podcatcher!  This promises to be an interesting interview.  Jesse is good at these kinds of interviews, and I’m interested in hearing Mr. Malone talk at length about this.  I’ve reread the same three quotes of his as the news story went around [...]

Australian ISPs pan government-mandated ‘Net filtering plan’

Australian ISPs pan government-mandated ‘Net filtering plan.

Australian government calls for live Internet filter trial

iTWire – Australian government calls for live Internet filter trial.
Ahem.  Third paragraph of this story:  “Most of the filters were unable to block content carried by non-web protocols.”
In other words, if you share stuff like Kiddie Porn via Limewire or BitTorrent, which, no doubt, is how it’s being transfered because no one is stupid enough [...]

Net censorship plan backlash

Net censorship plan backlash – BizTech – Technology – smh.com.au.
Stephen Conroy lies like a dog.  So yesterday in Question Time he refuses to retract his statement that this filter is already in place in countries like Canada – a bold faced lie; an untruth to mislead the public.
It’s not just that this Labor Government has [...]