The government and its Labor rivals have been indulging in a slanging match over the Coalition's plans to introduce Internet porn blocking software.
Prime Minister John Howard last night announced a Coalition plan to clean up Internet porn, in an effort to woo Christian voters.
Communications and IT minister Senator Helen Coonan has attacked Labor's policy of forcing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to filter Internet content, backing instead PC-based filtering technology.
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News that 50 Australia Post managers were caught sending pornographic e-mail is doubtless to spark off yet another bout of anti-Internet hysteria.
Family First has expelled one of its election candidates over a pornography scandal.
Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.
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