[LINK] Labor will make ISPs filter porn on Net

[Irene Graham]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:21:54 +1100, Rick Welykochy wrote:

> Irene Graham wrote:
>
>> Here's one example:
>>
>> http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=393&from=NATIONAL
>> Media Release, 5th September 2005
>> 'The Australian Christian Lobby today welcomed the ALP's initiative
>> offering a subsidy for parents to buy internet filtering software, but
>> urged both parties to go further.
>> “We need to shift debate on this issue,” argued Jim Wallace, Executive
>> Chairman of the Australian Christian Lobby. “Violent and pornographic
>> content should be blocked by the ISP and people who wish to view this
>> content should be required to ‘opt in'.
>> Responsibility for filtering this content should not rest with busy or
>> computer illiterate parents. This will ensure greatest protection to
>> children,” claimed Mr. Wallace ... '
>>
>
> And why are they not calling for filtering of violent and sexual content on
> TV and in the movies? The Internet is an easy-to-attack soft target with no
> (organised) commercial interests to defend it. Even the fundamentalists know
> they could not get away with similar attacks on traditional media. Breathless
> hypocrisy reigns supreme.

They do that too. They've long been claiming that the TV self-regulatory code 
isn't restrictive enough and in more recent times some RR groups have been 
running campaigns against TV advertisers - in an attempt to get shows removed 
from the airwaves. More info:

Salt Shakers and 'The L Word': Censorship By Subterfuge
by Peter Johnson, 9 July 2004.
http://libertus.net/censor/odocs/pj-lword.html

Lobbying for Censorship: The Religious Right and Baise-Moi
by Peter Johnson, 24 March 2004.
http://libertus.net/censor/odocs/pj-rrrlobby.html

Irene