Australia: Telco Giants Say 'No' to Porn Filter Trial
Andrew Colley writes on Australian IT:
Australia's two largest ISPs have rejected invitations to co-operate in the most extensive internet content filtering experiment ever carried out in the country.More here.
The trial, to be launched in Tasmania this July and championed by Tasmanian Liberal Senator Guy Barnett, was expected to include the entire state's internet population.
However, hopes of it reaching more than half of that population seem to have been dashed.
The trial is designed to test whether it is viable for ISPs to filter violent and pornographic internet content before it reaches the home PC. It will give parents and guardians involved in the trial the option to turn the filter system on or off.
Telstra and Optus said that Australia's current internet censorship regime was satisfactory and that they would not participate in the trial.
posted by Fergie @ 4/17/2006 01:46:00 PM
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