Internet service providers (ISPs) are sitting on the fence on whether to participate in the government's upcoming live trial for ISP-level filtering of undesirable internet content, with their involvement depending heavily on the terms of the trial.
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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced that Optus will be taking part in the government's internet server provider (ISP) filtering trial.
iPrimus, one of the six ISPs chosen by the government to participate in Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's first filtering trial, has said that the trial will begin late April or early May.
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