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- doctorfungi, on 10/10/2007, -4/+59It's optional. Nothing to worry about... unless you are a kid with a porn addiction and your mother decides to activate the service.
- treelovinhippie, on 10/10/2007, -13/+66Crazy Christians + Internet-Illiterate Government = Waste. Of. Money.
- bdude, on 10/10/2007, -5/+52Won't somebody please think of the children?
- psevium, on 10/10/2007, -7/+46WHAT?!
/ leaves Australia - Backdrifts, on 10/10/2007, -4/+30THE INTERNET IS NOT BEING CENSORED. The government is simply providing software (for free) to families which will block porn and ***** that you wouldn't want your kid to see anyway. It is optional to install. It's like a free government-issue net nanny.
- bg2500, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27This sounds like it will be voluntary. From another article...
"Mr Howard will also confirm a previous announcement that the Government will pay $90 million to provide every household that wants it with software to filter internet content."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/veto-for-parents-on-web/2007/08/09/1186530535350.html - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27This is only if you ask for it. Its a free filter for if you want it. If you dont, fine.
Anyway, screw spending $90mil on a filter and lay some goddam fiber already! - millerftw, on 10/10/2007, -8/+30bloody church, just because they believe something they think they should make everyone live by their morals.
keep you religion to your god-danmed self! - dukeeeey, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24cutting off terror sites ?
what like youtube ?
lol ... - cricoste90, on 10/10/2007, -7/+28Filter porn?!
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.............................. - m4k3r, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18As an Australian, I'm very disappointed at seeing the government flush my tax dollars down the drain in order to get votes from religious nut cases.
- Wade, on 10/10/2007, -5/+20Don't let your kids (aka your responsibility) use the internet, whiny bastards. Just stay in church or under a rock, or whatever it is you do. What exactly do these people want the internet to be used for, widespread oppression or just the destruction of creative sharing?
Maybe it's over the top to assume they're going to force us to use the internet purely as a polite medium in which all we do is e-mail one another about how great the government is, but when someone wastes money like this I start to think not. - expert01, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17There's not that many details on exactly what they're doing.
"A seven-day-a-week hotline will also be established to help parents put filters on their home computers. All families will receive the filters and they will also be sent to public libraries."
So are they just offering filters for families or are they actually blocking websites? Such a shame if they are. I decided that SW Australia would be the best place in the world to move to. - expert01, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15I just checked Wikipedia.
"This list of banned sites is then added to filtering software, which must be offered to all consumers by their Internet Service Providers. Consumers are not legally required to install such filtering software." - lopla, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13How many self righteous Christian ***** will opt to be put on the filter? That's right.. NONE. They gotta get their porn somehow and they like to do it in secret so no one can point out their typical hypocrisy. I fix computers for a living, always "Christians" bringing them in, always stuffed full of porn cache. Losers.
- stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11VOTE IN RUDD!! He will bring in FTTD (Fibre to the Door) service!! That means the vast majority of people in Australia will have FIBRE OPTIC LINES!! We will be able to compete with JAPAN for the reign of highest broadband speed!!
- InfoAddictOS, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Don't worry - the wanker won't get re-elected to do it ;)
- jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Better hope they define objectionable content the same way you do.
- altered, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Holy *****! $189 million dollars invested?!? It's just porn!
- IHaveIssues, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Yes because Indian IT projects are always on time and on budget. [roll_eyes]
- epileet, on 11/12/2007, -3/+12burried for being complete *****
- L33tmaster, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Governments love wasting money...
- aussieNickuss, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9It's just another Howard lie to get the Christian vote, it will never come to fruition.
- geekchic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8"Mr Howard will also confirm a previous announcement that the Government will pay $90 million to provide every household that wants it with software to filter internet content."
Or to put it another way - the tax payer will pay the government to spend money on their behalf for something they could probably get from the local computer shop for half the price. - pilot3033, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8...or at all
- UtopiaInTheSky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Only in America! Oh wait...
- mr.hostility, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Damn, the world sucks more and more by the minute. I can't believe these religious nuts are taking over while everyone else sleeps.
- fkr3, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10It's entirely opt-in, it's not some country-wide censorship it's just been pitched that way to incite the mob.
- PotatoSalad, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8From what I gathered from the article, I think this is an opt in program. If you want your internet filtered, you can get it filtered for free by the Australian government through their "unprecedented partnership with service providers."
- wisie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7uhh got misunderstanding? internet here isn't being filtered but instead Howard is funding a filter which will be developed and offers to homes in Australia for free however it's your decision whether you want to use it?
- rootstyle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Buried for totally inaccurate title and description, its a free opt in program, targeting parents who want to keep their kids porn-free. Still a bit of a waste of effort, as I'm sure the Aussie teens will figure out how to work around this 90mil dollar project in about a week.
- dondara, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8I couldn't trust a man who wants to get rid of porn. There is just something wrong with that.
- BobsYourUncle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8It's not free. You just pay for it in other ways.
- Erectile, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7It's 10 degrees at the moment, so no thanks.
- Erectile, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8They're only doing it on request for families who ask. Don't get your knickers in a knot just yet, folks.
- chingy1788, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9"I want to know that he is safe online -- there are so many games sites he plays at the moment and a lot of them have chatrooms."
This better not affect our gaming... much - cricoste90, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6And its software...there are ways around it..
- Backdrifts, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7They are just offering filters. No websites are being blocked for the general public at all.
- mrinternet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yes this is being atempted, as nuts as it sounds, I know a little bit about this :-)
The project is being run by a gentleman named Vince in the ACMA. The job role in detail is per below. They are going to attempt this. They do not have a clue that the 'content' they are trying to control and 'filter' is not run or managed by the ISPs, but by hosting companies, application providers and anyone but the ISP. Yet they are going to try and fail. Rumour has it Vince has just appointed a person form the USA for the role, without interviewing any one in Australia. ACMA Posting Senior Technical Adviser – ISP-Level Filtering Trial Expected Period of Vacancy: 9 months
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Job Description
ACMA is responsible for the regulation of internet content under Schedule 5 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. Schedule 5 includes provisions to review the operation of the Schedule in light of developments in Internet content filtering technologies to ensure that content is subject to appropriate regulation/restrictions. As part of the Protecting Australian Families Online initiatives, ACMA has been directed by the Minister to undertake a trial of ISP-level content filtering. ACMA issued a tender for the first stage of the trial in June 2007, and requires a project manager to manage the trial to completion. The Government has also asked ACMA to report annually on developments in filtering technologies and other options to protect Australian families online. The successful candidate will also provide input to the filtering technology developments report. ________________________________________ Duties • Provide technical input to the forthcoming trial of server level ISP-level filtering, including: o Project managing the trial itself; o Selecting and managing a tenderer to undertake the testing stage of the trial; o Selecting and managing a supplier to undertake the research stage of the trial; and o Contributing and managing delivery of the final report on the trial. • Provide technical input as required to other projects under the Australian Government’s Protecting Australian Families Online package, including the international developments report. • Provide technical advice on developments in internet filtering technologies, including their application to content regulated under Schedule 5 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. ________________________________________ Selection Criteria 1. Detailed knowledge and understanding of internet network architecture, at the ISP, national and global level. 2. Demonstrated experience managing projects to delivery on time and within budget. 3. A detailed understanding of the Australian ISP industry, preferably from working experience in the ISP industry. 4. Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to a general audience. 5. Experience running research projects and writing associated reports would be an advantage. 6. A demonstrated commitment to the APS Values and Code of Conduct, participative management practices, OH&S and workplace diversity. ________________________________________ - ahuxley, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Time to find a friend in the USA and secure a tube on both ends.
- NeoSanity, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7You might as well slap a headline saying that John Howard appeals to the Christian community by providing software that pushes their values onto those who clearly don't want it. I'm not Christian, I'm not interested in it and the more they try to push their values onto people like me, the more pissed off about it I get.
- stacky, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Ars Technica is obviously not aware of the current situation in the Northern Territory.
It has nothing to do with the church, but has to do with a Government investigation, which came up with the 'Little Children Are Sacred' report, outlining the high levels of child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
The Aboriginal communities there are falling apart because of alcohol abuse, pornography and petrol-sniffing. The Federal Government, using its Constitutional powers, has taken over control of the communities from the Territory Government, and is enforcing strict rules. All alcohol is banned, and these pornography laws are just part of an 1100 page document of what they aim to do.
These measures are extremely controversial, and there is much debate within political circles and amongst the general public about the wisdom of these measures. The PM, John Howard, has been accused of making this he 'new Tampa', a reference to a refugee crisis that Howard was able to manipulate in order to ensure his reelection in 2001. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Its an election gimmick to try to grab the evangelical christian vote
(.. yep we have them too now .. just another U.S trend down under.)
The Liberal Party (that means Conservative in Aus for all you US folks) have become really desperate with the election coming up in a few months. They need every lobby groups vote they can get since their 10 percent behind in the polls. - violencejack, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7pfft.
they cant censor the internet.
there will be a major backlash if this were to occur. - anacolutha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4If it only applies to individual families, why do privacy laws need to be changed, and why are sites being "blacklisted" by government organisations, preventing access by anyone in the australian population?
- MrBillGates, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Spot on, folks are missing this point
- coolbru, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Chatrooms??? 'God forbid' they actually talk to people they don't know, I mean, spontaneous social interaction is clearly only one step away from treason. Much better they only read the bible and only speak to their parents, that way they'll turn out normal. Right.
- Inferny, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Be careful, the USA version "Plug up the naughty-tubes" will probably be announced just after the next erection, ELECTION, i mean, election.
- jtb4, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Eventually it will get to the point that the gov't questions how come YOU don't want it like everybody else??
- UniverseJDJ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Couldn't agree more...
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