[LINK] It's baaack---net filtering

[Jan Whitaker]

It must be an election year. The government (and Stephen Conroy) is 
'saving' children all over the place! Oh! My! Lock them up! <shock> 
<horror> <the sky is falling, says Chicken Little>.

How in the world will they provide DUAL -DSL to homes to provide a 
'safe' channel for the kids and a real channel for the >16s? Or will 
everyone in the family be 'saved'? I'm sure the audience spoken to 
last night will be happy with the 'one size fits all' version, so I 
guess that means that the ISPs will be required to spend the pittance 
they get of the shared $40mill to provide another unwanted/unused 
service option ('clean' channels) so that a minority can be bought 
for an election.

How crass is that in a public policy sense? Of course, why should 
expect any different? <yawn>

Jan

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