Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Oz is gonna blacklist you

AMERICAblog notes the changes to access that are coming to Australia.

The government's $128.8 million Cyber Safety policy includes forcing internet service providers to block access to a secret blacklist of website pages...
A new policy to enact a listing that all providers must use. A secret list? Why secret? So people won't complain, or know the focus?
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Web pages will be nominated for blacklisting by Australian internet users who come across illegal or ''unacceptable'' websites.
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Great so people will nominate. Almost Athenian. So a site that gets a complaint is all it takes to be wiped from the Aussie net? Wow. How is this considered good?

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