[AusNOG] Conroy announcement on filtering

[Ben Grubb]

> "Through an opt-out system, adults who still want to view currently legal
> content would advise their ISP that they want to opt out of the "clean feed",

I think the word "legal" is the key word here.

We all know how Conroy likes to use that word "legal" loosely.

Let's assume he's using it in the sense of 'legal to view' or 'legal to sell'.

The election promise would make sense then, right?

-- 
Ben Grubb

On 04/01/2010, at 6:54 PM, Mark Newton wrote:

> 
> On 04/01/2010, at 5:14 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
> 
>> The labor party made a promise  - they don't want to back down on it, so they're going ahead with something stupid.
> 
> Here's the 2006 policy document:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20060422120043/http://www.alp.org.au/media/0306/msloo210.php
> "Through an opt-out system, adults who still want to view currently legal
> content would advise their ISP that they want to opt out of the "clean feed",
> and would then face the same regulations which currently apply."
> 
> That policy was approved by the ALP as part of their platform, and
> still in place when the 2007 election rolled around.
> 
> The "Labor's Plan for Cyber Safety" fact sheet released 5 days before
> the election was based on this document.
> 
> The 2007 document contains substantially the same wording as the 2006
> policy. After the 2007 election, Conroy confirmed the promised optionality
> of the scheme in his announcement in December 2007:
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/31/2129471.htm
> "Senator Conroy says anyone wanting uncensored access to the
> internet will have to opt out of the service."
> 
> It's clear that the pre-election information provided to Australians, confirmed
> by the Minister's own post-election words, stipulated that the ALP would
> "... require IPSs to offer a `clean feed' internet service to all homes, schools
> and public internet points accessible by children, such as public libraries."
> (http://www.alp.org.au/download/labors_plan_for_cyber_safety.pdf page
> 5)
> Both the 2006 document and the 2007 document specified
> that the scheme would concern itself with "... content that has been
> identified as prohibited by the Australian Communications and Media
> Authority." 
> 
> So the "promise" was an optional system which would inhibit the 
> ACMA Prohibited Content list for children.
> 
> Instead we have a mandatory system which inhibits RC for adults.
> 
> On every conceivable level, the current proposal represents a 
> breach of an election promise, not its delivery.
> 
>> Stupidity before Dishonor is the politicians creed.
> 
> This is stupidity and dishonor.
> 
> Check out the comments at Kate Lundy's blog -- I'm not alone in 
> my interpretation of the pre-election materials or the identification
> of this policy as a breach of an election promise.  A very large number
> of people who identify themselves as either ALP members or long-
> term ALP voters have been voicing their sense of betrayal over 
> there:
> http://www.katelundy.com.au/2009/12/17/my-thoughts-on-the-filter/
> http://www.katelundy.com.au/2009/12/21/further-thoughts-on-the-filter/
> 
> The second post indicates to me that Lundy herself understands
> the difference between the election promise and the current policy
> proposal.  She's moving in the right direction; Any voters in her ACT
> electorate who feel like having their voice heard ought to get in touch
> with her.
> 
>   - mark
> 
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