• Australian government to go ahead with mandatory ISP filtering
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[QUOTE=S.T.O.R.M;18959482]I mean like child porn and that should be filtered but god. Well does the Politic Year start ASAP? If it does we only need to wait a few months! 2010 will be the next election then! =D I am one happy boy![/QUOTE] No, it shouldn't be filtered. Nothing should be filtered. Haven't you ever heard of the term "slippery slope"? Child porn being bad is a matter of opinion (I don't support it) and censoring it(especially in the case of censoring information about the use of drugs) is nothing short of limiting freedom of speech.
I wonder how easy it will be to remove it once it is in place. Not surprisingly the Australian government is good at censoring information so that not many Australians know what the hell is going on. Once it is implemented and popular sites are found to be government blocked, the shit will hit the fan and real opinions will be voiced. tl;dr, We don't know shit now. When it is activated, people will rage.
Ok Can someone tell me to get around this I want my FP fix thank you very much
Slippery slopes are bullshit. There is a point at which people do say enough is enough. Don't act like next year we will have an approved list instead.
I fucking hate Australia sometimes
Just think of the shitstorm..
This is worse than when i worked for months in a shitty paper run, bought me a tv and an Xbox, and had it confiscated almost immediately [editline]07:21PM[/editline] [QUOTE=n00b_assassi;18960203]Just think of the shitstorm..[/QUOTE] Fair shake of the sauce bottle
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;18958191]Canada has shitty weather; come here to California.[/QUOTE] Why the fuck would you want to move to California? The people there are so stupid they elected an [b]movie actor[/b] from Austria as their Governor.
Well done government, score one for you, nil for internet users! :downsbravo:
[QUOTE=DireAvenger;18957735][b]ARGH![/b] That's it! The children here are fucking stupid, the weather is inadequate, the beer is [b]WARM.[/b] Fuck it, I'm leaving.[/QUOTE] My scholl is smart, except for the occasional slut who acts dumb but is secretly smart. Come to Queensland, sunny days = Beach Rainy Days = Dream World, Movie world, ect Stormy days = rare, and usually storms at night if it does at all. [editline]07:28PM[/editline] Wait, fucking troll
I am currently reading 1984, it's slowly coming true. [editline]09:42AM[/editline] [QUOTE=teeheeV2;18960281]My [B]scholl [/B]is smart, except for the occasional slut who acts dumb but is secretly smart.[/QUOTE] lol irony
Countries not to move in: -Germany -Australia
[QUOTE=tankkiller;18960244]Why the fuck would you want to move to California? The people there are so stupid they elected an [b]movie actor[/b] from Austria as their Governor.[/QUOTE] But he's awesome.
Dont worry, they'll roll back on it after they realize how fucking stupid it was.
[QUOTE=S.T.O.R.M;18959327] • The Blacklist doesn’t contains pages from “heavily trafficked” websites Mmmm, I wonder what this will mean?[/QUOTE] Pornhub's on that blacklist, we're gonna be okay! Oops, correction, Porn sites [b]IN GENERAL.[/b]
What people don't realise is that this is already happening in the UK
Brb moving to the US. Serious. I'm so moving when I can if this shit comes in. (it still has to pass through the senate)
[QUOTE=tankkiller;18960244]Why the fuck would you want to move to California? The people there are so stupid they elected an [b]movie actor[/b] from Austria as their Governor.[/QUOTE] It's the second time they've elected an actor to the Governor position. The last one became the president too.
Off SMH [quote]The Federal Government has announced it will proceed with controversial plans to censor the internet after Government-commissioned trials found filtering a blacklist of banned sites was accurate and would not slow down the internet. But critics, including the online users' lobby group Electronic Frontiers Australia and the Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam, said the trial results were not surprising and the policy was still fundamentally flawed. The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, said today he would introduce legislation just before next year's elections to force ISPs to block a blacklist of "refused classification" (RC) websites for all Australian internet users. The blacklist, featuring material such as child sex abuse, sexual violence and instructions on crime, would be compiled using a public complaints mechanism, Government censors and URLs provided by international agencies. Senator Conroy also released results from a pilot trial of ISP-level internet filters, conducted by Enex Testlab, which he said found that blocking banned material "can be done with 100 per cent accuracy and negligible impact on internet speed". "Most Australians acknowledge that there is some internet material which is not acceptable in any civilised society," he said. "It is important that all Australians, particularly young children, are protected from this material." He said about 15 western countries had encouraged or enforced internet filtering, and there was no reason why Australians should not have similar protection. It is not clear how - or if - the filters will distinguish between illegal RC material and that which is perfectly legal to view. An earlier version of the Government's top-secret list of banned sites was leaked on to the web in March, revealing the scope of the filtering could extend significantly beyond child porn. About half of the sites on the list were not related to child porn and included a slew of online poker sites, YouTube links, regular gay and straight porn sites, Wikipedia entries, euthanasia sites, websites of fringe religions such as satanic sites, fetish sites, Christian sites, the website of a tour operator and even a Queensland dentist. "Given the pilot's modest goals, it was designed from the beginning to pass," said EFA spokesman Colin Jacobs. "Although it may address some technical issues, what it leaves out is far more important - exactly what will be blocked, who will decide, and why is it being attempted in the first place?" Similarly, Senator Ludlam said: "Nobody said that filtering from a static list of URLs was going to slow things down too much unless the list gets huge, so I don't think they've already proven anything that we don't already know." The pilot trial report also noted that motivated people could circumvent any internet filters with ease, which Senator Ludlam and Jacobs said called the effectiveness of the proposal into question. Ludlam said proving a technical case was not the same as proving the wisdom of going down the internet censorship track in the first place, which he said had always been two separate discussions. "While the Government says that they will be relying on an evidence-based policy, we still haven't seen evidence that this is going to play any meaningful role in preventing children from accessing harmful material online," Senator Ludlam said. Jacobs said: "Successful technology isn't necessarily successful policy. We're still yet to hear a sensible explanation of what this policy is for, who it will help and why it is worth spending so much taxpayer money on." Peter Coroneos, chief executive of the Internet Industry Association, said he would be meeting with his members tonight to discuss the report before formulating a response. Senator Conroy said the Government would immediately undertake public consultations, starting today with the release of a discussion paper on additional measures to improve the accountability and transparency of processes that lead to sites being placed on the blacklist. Some of the options raised include appeal mechanisms, notification to website owners of RC content and the review by an independent expert.[/quote] [url]http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-censorship-plan-gets-the-green-light-20091215-ktzc.html[/url]
Pic from the article above. (the minister responsible for this shit) [img]http://images.smh.com.au/2009/12/15/972001/conroy300-300x368.jpg[/img]
Arnold wasn't born in the US so don't worry about it happening again. He's also not running for re-election so it won't be for long. Also just like Iran, any proxy outside Australia will circumvent this. It won't stop us from getting our detailed instructions for drug use.
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses;18960371]I am currently reading 1984, it's slowly coming true. [editline]09:42AM[/editline] lol irony[/QUOTE] Well, i did skip keyboarding class last year. Debating with chicks was a much better idea.
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anyone got room for 1 more in america?
I have a feeling when the next election comes, Ruddy is gonna be out.
[QUOTE=Blynx6;18960938]I have a feeling when the next election comes, Ruddy is gonna be out.[/QUOTE] Not if the stupid majority of society has it's way. "Oh free stimulus money yay! You've got my vote ruddy!"
Facepunch is gonna get a beatin... [quote]regular gay and straight porn sites,[/quote] There goes facepunch for OIFY [quote]we still haven't seen evidence that this is going to play any meaningful role in preventing children from accessing harmful material online[/quote] Drugs,Gay (Human rights anyone?), Sex ect
yes but deep down inside, kevin rudd secretly has a crush on facepunch we all do love you facepunch
im waiting for "Kevinrudd" To respond to this [QUOTE=Split3ndz;18960950]Not if the stupid majority of society has it's way. "Oh free stimulus money yay! You've got my vote ruddy!"[/QUOTE] Not if the Australian Facepunchers get to him first! *Loads Explosive Hard Drive Gun Into his bag* Get you stuff! And atttack!!!! ATTTTAAACCCKKK!
[QUOTE=a2h;18957691]"high volume sites would likely cause the filters to fail" [url]http://steamcommunity.com/groups/nogreatfirewallofaus[/url] [url]http://nocleanfeed.com/index.html[/url] [url]http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/oznetcensorship[/url] [url]http://efa.org.au/[/url] [url]http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet/442[/url] [url]http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1335671[/url] ([b]61st thread[/b])[/QUOTE] Exactly. This [b]FUCKING BULLSHIT[/b] from our christian neo-nazi government [b]needs[/b] to be stopped. Thankfully this legislation will be blocked in the senate. [editline]10:20PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Wayword;18957816]To have to a successful boycott, you need it to be in real life. Online petitions don't work. I hate to use the tea parties as an example, but basically, you need to gather up like what they did and show the government who's boss. Or in the tea parties case, walk around spewing retarded propaganda.[/QUOTE] I agree, the marches here really do need to have more numbers than currently. [QUOTE=phill977;18957822]Hopefully they implement the filter after 2012, that's when the new people come in power and will use the "Vote for me for no internet filter" line.[/QUOTE] It says that the proposed legislation would come into effect just before the election. However much the Liberal Party sucks, they are worth voting in over Labor due to shit like this.
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