Government-mandated Internet Filtering in Australia

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: November 18, 2008 5:57:39 PM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: lauren () vortex com
> Subject: Government-mandated Internet Filtering in Australia
>
>
> Dave,
>
> We've talked here before about government plans in Oz for mandatory
> filtering of Internet content.
>
> Of course it will be ineffective, given proxies, VPNs, and any number
> of other crypto and associated workarounds.  But it can still do
> a lot of damage.
>
> One of the best writeups I've seen explaining why such broad,
> mandatory filtering is a lamebrain and even dangerous idea is
> at a site run by Electronic Frontiers Australia:
>
> http://nocleanfeed.com/learn.html
>
> I strongly recommend taking a few minutes to read over this
> material.  What happens in Australia, doesn't necessarily stay in
> Australia.  And here in the U.S., we've seen plenty of political
> posturing resulting in the current attempts at Internet content
> control still bouncing around the courts.
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
> lauren () vortex com or lauren () pfir org
> Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
> http://www.pfir.org/lauren
> Co-Founder, PFIR
>   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
> Co-Founder, NNSquad
>   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
> Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
> Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
> Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com




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