[AusNOG] Conroy announcement on filtering

[David Keegel]

On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 01:53:01PM +0800, Rhodry Korb wrote:
> 
>    Does  anyone know where the government has posted how they will decide
>    RC  content,  what  currently  constitutes RC content, who will decide
>    what gets blocked, how will we know it has been blocked, and how can a
>    citizen  object  to the blocking of a site (as it may not REALLY be RC
>    content)

Have a look at DBCDE's ISP Filtering FAQ, it answers some of these questions.

http://www.dbcde.gov.au/online_safety_and_security/cybersafety_plan/internet_service_provider_isp_filtering/isp_filtering_live_pilot/isp_filtering_-_frequently_asked_questions

My summary of the Government's plan:

ACMA will maintain a list of URLs which (they believe) have RC content.
To implement filtering, an ISP needs to check standard www requests
against that list, and block requests for URLs on the list.  Or send
all standard www requests to someone who does filtering.

ACMA adds URLs to the list when people complain, if ACMA decides that 
the URL complained about has RC content.

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