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AU Government Filter

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If anyone lives under a rock and hasn’t heard about the proposed Mandatory Australian government Internet Filter then I suggest you read on.

I agree in concept with what the government is trying to achieve. To prevent Australian Internet subscribers from accessing immoral content such as child porn, bestiality, rape and information on home-made explosives. Unfortunately for us they have not been smart about how they do this nor have they been up-front & transparent. (As governments should be).

Millions of dollars have been spent on developing, testing and implementing a solution that only works for honest people. It’s like having a 60cm high fence, law abiding citizens will obey the rules but others will simply jump over, around or go under it. By using simple software, the internet filter can be easily bypassed allowing determined people access to blocked content.

Further to this, all plans around this filter are being kept secret with the threat of legal action and jail time to anyone found publishing specific details on what or how it blocks content. This secret list that is maintained by a government body can block anti-government comments as easily as porn and we aren’t allowed to ask questions or discuss or even know about it.

The world often criticizes countries like Iran, China and North Korea for the way their government’s control what the population can view and their restrictions to freedom of speech. Recently Australia has started to be included in this list and for good cause. As with the maintenance of this block list, the decision to deploy this has been made by the government with no consultation of Australian citizen’s.

What can we do? The Electronics Frontiers Australia is an organization that is working to make the government rethink their current plans and come up with a better solution. You should read news, ask questions and be vocal in your opinions. If nothing else, please sign the petition and make the government realise that they can’t make decisions that affect us without our permission.