GetUp! gets up with ISP Filtering

GetUp! is an excellent organisation that has been attacking the draconian laws of the "war" on terror, antigay laws, and so on. They now have a petition against ISP filtering. Go for it...

Hat tip Samuel Douglas

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I would be glad to add my name, but is it appropriate for non-Australians to do so?

By Susan Silberstein (not verified) on 25 Nov 2008 #permalink

Well, if I can't petition the Aussie gov. against this measure, then at least know that this "Xeno" is phobic on censorship. Good luck on keeping this threat at bay.

It's rather illustrative that the 1996 efforts in the U.S. Congress to promote filtering turned into a weird boondoggle for services such as "netnanny" and "cybercop" that afforded no protection but cost plenty. And I wonder how many people installed such services only to find that a:) their kids were smarter than they were and circumvented the serviced and b:) the adults grew impatient at having to take the extra step to "Approve" even regular sites with "bad words" occasionally sprinkled.

Librarians in Minnesota fought efforts by the Republican legislature to require installation of "third-party" blocking software because, as they argued, their research showed that too many educational sites were being blocked. For their efforts, cultural "conservatives" labeled them "smut purveyors."

Thanks for the link. I have signed it. Hopefully this filtering will die a very, very quick death and the government can get back to more important matters like Julia Gillard's hair.

By Silmarillion (not verified) on 26 Nov 2008 #permalink