Your Rights Online: Nation-Wide Internet Censorship Proposed For Australia

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Your Rights Online: Nation-Wide Internet Censorship Proposed For Australia 2008-10-17 05:51


Posted by timothy on Friday October 17, @05:51AM
from the unarmed-populace dept.

sparky1240 writes "While Americans are currently fighting the net-neutrality wars, spare a thought for the poor Australians — The Australian government wants to implement a nation-wide 'filtering' scheme to keep everyone safe from the nasties on the internet, with no way of opting out: 'Under the government's $125.8 million Plan for Cyber-Safety, users can switch between two blacklists which block content inappropriate for children, and a separate list which blocks illegal material. ... According to preliminary trials, the best Internet content filters would incorrectly block about 10,000 Web pages from one million."
 
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