[LINK] Green light for ISP filtering trials

Jan Whitaker jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Fri Feb 13 09:57:38 AEDT 2009


At 09:31 AM 13/02/2009, George Bray wrote:
> > Green light for ISP filtering trials
> > Fran Foo
> > February 11, 2009
> > Australian IT
> > http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25040645-15306,00.html

quote:
Senator Conroy said the Government was well aware of the technical 
concerns raised by different parties and the pilot would put the 
claims to the test.

"The live pilot will provide evidence on the real-world impacts of 
ISP content filtering, including for providers and internet users. It 
will provide evidence to assist the Government in the implementation 
of its policy."
/quote

This is the list of ISPs so far:
Primus Telecommunications, TECH 2U, Webshield, OMNIconnect, Netforce 
and Highway 1

The only one I've heard of is Primus. How in the world is this even 
close to being a valid test?
I can't believe it, but I'm agreeing with Nick Minchin on this one.
"Again we ask the Minister to commit to the independent auditing of 
any results to verify their credibility.
"You would suspect that these trials would need to include 
Australia's largest ISPs to produce reliable data. "

I don't think it needs to include Telstra, but it sure needs to be 
independently audited with the evaluators identified, not just a 
bunch of unknown ISPs techos.

Liked this comment on the zdnet article:
Why is the government wasting OUR money on this rubbish when billions 
of dollars are needed to rebuild after the devastating bushfires and 
to start creating jobs to help our economy? Spend the money on new 
fire trucks & equipment, research, anything that actually gives a 
benefit, but this is just insane.

I have an idea. Let's shut down Conroy and send the money saved to 
the wildfire victims!!

Jan


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