Not again. It seems that every single year or so, politicians in Australia suddenly decide that it makes sense to filter the internet to block out “bad stuff.” And every time they do this, people point out how this is censorship, it doesn’t work, it harms legitimate uses, and it’s a waste of time and money… and eventually the whole thing dies down. But… it’s back again. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is pushing a plan to filter out a list of “criminal” sites. Amazingly, Conroy is claiming that a recent trial showed that filtering technology was 100% effective. That seems unlikely. Every year that this comes up, there are widespread protests about the censorship, but once again, the politicians don’t seem to care. They just want headlines about how they helped “protect the children.”
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