[LINK] Labor will make ISPs filter porn on Net

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Irene,

>And fundamentalist christian groups have been lobbying for mandatory ISP 
>filtering since at least mid 2004. Recent research reveals they've been quite 
>active on that front, more here:
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Longer than that, I believe. As I recall, one of the lobbying efforts in 
the late 1990s was under the wing of a religious group ... I think a 
good digger would find something in Hansard in the hearings for the 
first Internet censorship bill?

RC

>Time Line of Mandatory ISP Filtering Proposals and Religious Right Group's 
>lobbying campaigns, 2003-2006
>http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Censor/mandatoryblocking.html#timeline
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>>Well, the fundamentalists will have to be satisfied with an opt-in system if
>>they also want a democracy. And who says they would not be happy with an opt-
>>in system. 
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>They do. Well actually, they say they want an 'opt-in' system, but their version 
>of 'opt-in' means opt-in to having the default filter switched off.
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>Here's one example:
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>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 ... '
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>Irene
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