[AusNOG] Conroy announcement on filtering

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

Julian,
My main issue is that this is pointless window dressing.   It provides a "solution" for http only.  It's trivially bypassed (and admitted so in the report).   

So, it's not going to stop a child looking a inappropriate content (there's far more than ACMA's list) nor is it going to stop people looking at abhorrent content .

Nor is it going to do anything to stop the actual harm of children.

eg: From the last 24 hours of news coverage.

http://www.news.com.au/national/police-question-man-over-assaults-on-boys-at-mcdonalds-restaurants/story-e6frfkwi-1225810485673

or 

http://www.smh.com.au/national/girl-living-in-care-raped-by-five-men-20091214-kqoh.html

So EPIC FAIL award goes Conroy for failing to do anything useful here.

MMC

On 15/12/2009, at 4:21 PM, Julian De Marchi wrote:

> Roddy Strachan wrote:
>> http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/115
> 
> <rant>
> How can we live in a democracy when the majority of society objects to
> this draconian laws.... Are politicians are meant to represent our wishes.
> 
> I do not call today's political system a democracy, while they keep
> bringing in legislations that we the people do not agree with nor want.
> </rant>
> 
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