Australia Backflips on ISP Filters
Chris Jenkins writes on Australian IT:
The announcement of ISP-level internet filtering as part of the federal Government's NetAlert package has seen a major reversal on the technology, which the government last year derided as having "questionable benefits".More here.
Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan today announced a $189 million package of measures to improve the safety of using the internet.
As well as increased funding for the federal Police to track down online predators and national security threats, the package included $84.8 million to provide households with either internet filtering software packages or pre-filtered internet connections from an internet service provider.
But the endorsement of ISP-level filtering is at odds with earlier government assessments, which blasted the method as costly and ineffective in comparison to PC-level systems.
posted by Fergie @ 8/09/2007 07:40:00 PM
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