[LINK] Crikey: Two thirds of ACMA blacklist out of date

[Stilgherrian]

On 26/03/2009, at 2:28 PM, rene wrote:
> Re this claim:
> "By comparison, their own company’s list contains around quarter of a
> million URLs covering child-related activity"
>
> I take it the filter vendor who makes such an incredible claim  
> declines to
> be publicly named.

Correct, though I have the name myself.


> One wonders what their definition of "child-related
> activity" is and/or means.

My notes say that refers to anything in the spectrum of child  
pornography or cild abuse material etc. I'll see if I can get further  
clarification, as my conversation was very close to deadline.


> Given the AFP said said on Background Briefing a couple of weeks ago  
> that
> it's not easy to 'stumble' across 'cp' material on the web, I find  
> claims
> of a quarter of a million URLs entirely unbelievable.
>
> It's believable only if they've used automatic scanning technology to
> compile their list and pages that contain terms such as "child  
> pornography"
> get automatically added to their "child-related activity" category.

I'm guessing there'd have to be some sort of automation involved, and  
maybe a site that has various randomly-deposited items can represent a  
large number of individual URLs. Again, I can enquire further.

Stil


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