[LINK] Green light for internet filter plans

[Philip Argy]

I notice that many ISPs have expressed support for the proposed legislation,
which Conroy says will be confined to RC material of a kind that is already
prohibited domestically and amenable to a take down notice.  We'd rather
wait to see what the legislation actually says before jumping on any knee
jerk bandwagon.

By the way, our Patron is the Federal Minister for IT from time to time - it
is not an honour bestowed on any individual incumbent of the role.

Philip Argy
Immediate Past President
Australian Computer Society, Inc
pargy at acslink.net.au

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On 15/12/2009, at 7:16 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> Will the ACS withdraw its arrangement with Conroy as the Patron for
> the society? I'm disgusted by his action. He has no business being
> associated with my professional body.

Given that the ACS issued a report which was... well, hardly anything  
that you'd characterise as strongly opposed to the filtering plan, I  
daresay things will stay the same.

There's a link to the ACS report in a story I did for ZDNet.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/security/soa/ACS-filter-report-just-what-Con
roy-needs/0,139023764,339299029,00.htm
or
http://is.gd/5odHi

Stil


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