Mandatory Internet filters to "protect children"
Senator Conroy says anyone wanting uncensored access to the internet will have to opt out of the service.He says the Government will work with the industry to ensure the filters do not affect the speed of the internet.
"There are people who are going to make all sorts of statements about the impact on the [internet] speed," he said.
"The internet hasn't ground to a halt in the UK, it hasn't ground to a halt in Scandinavian countries and it's not grinding the internet to a halt in Europe.
I really can't think how this is going to "protect children" - transnational white slave gangs operating in countries with little regulation will continue to abuse children for profit while pampered perverts from rich nations will always be able to access the material they want.
The whole thing is like putting your fingers in your ears and going "la-la-la-la" in a pretence the problem doesn't exist - if anyone really wanted to crack down on this kind of thing they would "follow the money" to its conclusion and then arrest those responsible instead of applying "out of sight out of mind" band-aids ...
... but I forget - its not really about "child-porn" is it? Its all about more censorship on the Internet using child-porn as an excuse ...
Tags: censorship, censorware, cyber-curtains, kiddie-porn, child-pornography, transnational cybercrime