[ NNSquad ] Australian ISPs to start Internet censorship next month

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Australian ISPs to start Internet censorship next month

http://j.mp/lVfH9m  (news.com.au)

     "The effectiveness will be trivial because you're just blocking a
      single website address (and) a person can get around it by
      changing that address with one character," she said.  "Child
      abuse material is more likely to be exchanged on peer-to-peer
      networks and private networks anyway and is a matter for law
      enforcement."  Electronic Frontiers Association board member
      Colin Jacobs also expressed concern at the scheme, saying the
      Government and internet providers needed to be more upfront
      about websites being blocked and offer an appeals process for
      website owners who felt URLs had been blocked unfairly."
 
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