[AusNOG] Why No Form Of Censorship Is A Good Thing

[Brad Gould]

> Dr Helen McGrath - also a Deakin colleague of Prof Warren's - was a contributor to the Commonwealth Government’s Cybersafety Joint Committee in June last year.
>
> She said it was unrealistic to expect parents to monitor their children around the clock and that the onus was on schools to give kids the tools to protect themselves.

Thats seriously messed up.

Who's responsibility is it then?  Oh, thats right, its the nanny state.

As to the rest of the article.... Prof Warren should be rather 
embarrassed by it.  His comments read like they have come from a 
technically illiterate social services commentator, rather than a 
University IT dept.

I'd love Prof Warren to tell me how a censorship system is going to pick 
up this sort of thing and stop it before its gone viral, and for bonus 
points, stop it once its gone viral.

No wonder he isnt taking calls.

Brad





On 20/07/2010 11:39, Phillip Grasso wrote:
> I tried to call him but he's not taking calls,
>
> Name:	Professor Matthew Warren
> Position:	Head of School
> Centre:	School of Information Systems
> Area:	Faculty of Business & Law
> Campus:	Melbourne Campus at Burwood
> Tel:	+61 3 924 46567
> Email:	matthew.warren at deakin.edu.au <mailto:matthew.warren at deakin.edu.au>
>
> Personal Assistant:	Julie Asquith
> Tel:	+61 3 924 46628
> Email:	julie.asquith at deakin.edu.au <mailto:julie.asquith at deakin.edu.au>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au
> <mailto:vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     OK so what's the chances this will continue to be carried as a
>     classic reason to censor the internet?!
>
>     Jessi Slaughter and the 4chan trolls - the case for censoring the
>     internet
>     news.com.au/technology/jessi-slaughter-and-the-4chan-trolls-the-case-for-censoring-the-internet/story-e6frfro0-1225894369199
>     <http://news.com.au/technology/jessi-slaughter-and-the-4chan-trolls-the-case-for-censoring-the-internet/story-e6frfro0-1225894369199>
>
>     I think the user comments are quite valid.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Andrew Fort" <afort at choqolat.org <mailto:afort at choqolat.org>>
>     To: "Kai" <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au <mailto:vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>>
>     Cc: "ausnog" <ausnog at ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>>
>     Sent: Friday, 16 July, 2010 11:34:08 AM GMT +09:30 Darwin
>     Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Why No Form Of Censorship Is A Good Thing
>
>     On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au
>     <mailto:vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>> wrote:
>
>      > Why No Form Of Censorship Is A Good Thing
>      > gizmodo.com.au/2010/07/why-no-form-of-censorship-is-a-good-thing/
>     <http://gizmodo.com.au/2010/07/why-no-form-of-censorship-is-a-good-thing/>
>
>     I liked the quote in that video from the Turkish activist:
>
>     "I've been trying to help improve the internet in Turkey for years,
>     but the Government just doesn't understand it."
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