[AusNOG] What are we , collectively, doing about the impending mandatatory censorship scheme?

[Narelle]

Folks
the Internet Industry Association is publicly and strongly anti the
proposed filtering regimen. ISOC-AU is opposed to it. SAGE-AU is
opposed to it. All are members of the Safer Internet Group:

www.saferinternetgroup.org

and I am chasing details of the program to campaign against it. Check
out the list of members, it includes iinet, internode, google, yahoo
as well as librarians and kids support groups.

A number of the members have been working hard to maintain a firm but
polite (ie diplomatic) approach to this issue. Frankly,y I am really
surprised the government didn't take the opportunity to shelve this
along with other policies. An opportunity lost, perhaps?

Can I suggest that you all do your sums and realistically compile what
it would take to comply with this proposal. I realise that in the
absence of a clear specification, you can't really do it particularly
accurately.

I would be happy to compile that sort of data, validate it, and
publish it independently. We could form a working group to that effect
in order to fully road test the data. I can conduct the effort in a
suitable commercial in confidence environment if people prefer, too.



On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Phillip Grasso
<phillip.grasso at gmail.com> wrote:
> its been pretty clear what Google position all along. Why else do you think
> Conroy has it in for Google.
> The problem is that not enough 'outcry' from the industry is there, so
> Conroy is free to say he's got the support of the industry, with a possibly
> few big players in his back pocket due to NBN, he can say things such as
> 'industry consultation/support' etc.
> How many Telco/ISP are there in Australia, and how many would
> decree publicly they do not support filtering/censorship?
> If we get a big enough list, that will immediately be media worthy, so every
> time it is mentioned in the press, we have a hard stat on how many of the
> ISP/Telcos actually support this scheme. Yes Conroy will dismiss it, but its
> yet another salvo. <insert reputable organisation to represent us>.
> Until we get an industry group together, I'm happy to collate that
> information, so if your organisation is willing to join the list (at the
> moment, its just a list opposing the filter). Please send me a private
> message so I can gather the details.


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