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Net censorship plan backlash

John — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:41:50 +0000

As opposition grows against the Government’s controversial plan to censor the internet, the head of one of Australia’s largest ISPs has labelled the Communications Minister the worst we’ve had in the past 15 years. Net censorship plan backlash – BizTech – Technology – theage.com.au.

Just an update to the previous article about Conroy asking for Expressions of Interest. At least one ISP will participate in the trials, iiNet’s Michael Malone said he would sign up for the trials, mostly to give the government some real evidence that the entire filtering system just doesn’t work.

Conroy calls for filter pilot volunteers

John — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:14:10 +0000

The federal government yesterday called for expressions of interest from internet service providers to conduct a live pilot of the controversial internet content filtering pilot it is planning. With the pilot hoped to be commenced by 24 December 2008, the expressions of interest (EoI) document has been peppered with what appear to be small enticements for ISPs to join the trial. Conroy calls for filter pilot volunteers: News – Software – ZDNet Australia.

Haha, good luck with that Conroy! I’m sure you will have lots of ISPs that want to offer their customers a lesser service.