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I know another Country that blocks internet access...China.
Sure, we're not at that stage yet...but it all starts somewhere.
I think the attacks WERE misguided in the sense that it's not going to change anybody's opinion. In fact, it just reinforces the idea that the people opposed to the filter are all criminals only interested in "imagery of child sexual abuse, rape and bestiality."
The filter itself is miguided, of course, because it's not going block any of those things.
So the internet filter is going to allow you to arrest these criminals, or allow you to bury your head in the sand and live in your own isolated world.
Well its good to see that conroy says that they are only going to block illegal sites. Hey conroy, take the time to go through the list that you guys are proposing not all the sites are illegal
Conroy likes saying refused classification material is illegal. But only material likely to incite a terrorist act, or material depicting child abuse is actually illegal to view or possess. While rape and beastiality are cimes, possessing or producing material depicting these activies is not illegal.
The vast majority of refused classification material is just illegal to distribute. The definition of distribute means: sell, advertise or exhibit in public, in Australia.
For online content, the vast majority of material that could qualify for an RC classification is unrated- because the Classification Board has not rated it.
Conroy proposes to cut out the Classification Board by having ACMA directly censor content. This breaches Classification Guidelines which require the Classification Board to be made up of people representing the community. Conroy gets to (at least indirectly) hire the internet censors who will take decision making powers away from the Classification Board and determine what we get to watch.
Secondly most material which could qualify for an RC Classification is not sold in Australia, nor is it advertised in Australia, (i.e. it is posted to foreign sites where it sits privately behind password access. The bit that happens in Australia is exhibition (if it is downloaded and viewed). Provided that happens in private it is legal. Senator Conroy himself agrees: In Q&A Episode 7, 2009, he said that people who download sites on the ACMA black list, (provided it is not terrorist / child abuse material) are not doing anything illegal. Tony Jones asked him whether these downloaders could be arrested and Conroy also said no.
Meanwhile political content is being censored (information relating to euthanasia, abortion and suicide) as well as gambling.....
One of the first things i learned when working for the State Government, was that an Elephant is a Mouse built to Government specifications.
No matter what anyone says, we are in for a long Trial, and Dismay, possibly years, while the fine tuning goes on, and those with IT skills get what they want anyway, while the poor end consumer is at the mercy of people like Telstra.
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When will the politicians elected to represent the Australian public realise that this is not what the majority of the Australian public wants?