[LINK] Green light for internet filter plans

[Kim Holburn]

On 2009/Dec/15, at 10:02 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009, Kim Holburn wrote:
>>
>> On 2009/Dec/15, at 8:49 AM, Andy Farkas wrote:
>>
>>> <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2772467.htm>
>>>
>>> "Our pilot, and the experience of ISPs in many western democracies,
>>> shows that ISP level-filtering of a defined list of URLs can be
>>> delivered with 100 per cent accuracy,"
>>>
>>> Uh-huh.
>>
>> How does 100% accuracy square with the "some" in this quote:
>>> The pilot demonstrated that implementation of filtering additional
>>> categories of content can also block some common circumvention
>>> techniques.
>>>
>
> Its completely correct - the filter apparently blocked 100% of the
> specific list given by ACMA, versus the "other categories" which were
> tested.

But obviously it blocked only some of the circumvention techniques  
which would indicate that it didn't block "many" of the circumvention  
techniques so it didn't block 100% of anything.


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