Australian Anti-Porn Internet Filter Closer to Reality
Renai LeMay writes for ZDNet Australia:
The federal government's plan to provide a free child-safe Internet filter to every Australian family is progressing, with the Commonwealth today calling for industry help with the technical details of the idea.More here.
The plan was announced in June by Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan as part of the government's AU$116.6 million Protecting Australian Families Online (PAFO) package.
Coonan's move came in response to increasing debate about whether Internet service providers (ISPs) should filter adult content before it reaches the household or business level in the network.
While that debate still exists, the government's move to push ahead with the filter idea represents Coonan's expressed belief that filters installed on individual PCs are more effective than broad ISP-level filters.
posted by Fergie @ 10/29/2006 09:47:00 PM
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