[LINK] [Greens-Media] Show Trial: Conroy's ISP Trial Flawed

[Chris Maltby]

On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 11:38:25AM +1100, Simms, Robert (Sen S. Ludlam) wrote:
> Tuesday, 9th December 2008
> 
> Show Trial: Conroy's ISP Trial Flawed
> 
> The Australian Greens have called on the Federal Government to abandon
> its internet filtering trial as it's flawed and doomed to failure, while
> Telstra and Internode announce they're boycotting it. 
> 
> "These internet service providers are sending a clear message to the
> Government - they don't think mandatory internet filtering will work and
> they don't want to participate in it," said the Greens Communications
> Spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam. 
> 
> "This trial is simply all show.  It won't give any meaningful indication
> of how mandatory internet filtering would work in practice. One of the
> few Internet Service Providers participating is only doing so to prove
> to the government that it won't work. We won't even get a sense of the
> impact of the filter on internet performance, because the trial is not
> even going to be using real customers. "
> 
> Senator Ludlam has questioned Communications Minister Stephen Conroy
> about the filter in Senate Estimates and Question Time. 
> 
> "It is clear that the community is profoundly concerned about the filter
> - its impact on civil liberties and the performance of the internet. The
> government's policy is flawed and won't work. It will slow down the
> internet at a time when they are trying to speed it up, especially in
> regional Australia," concluded Senator Ludlam. 
> 
> 
> Robert Simms
> Media Adviser to
> Senator Scott Ludlam
> Australian Greens Senator for Western Australia
> 
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