Telstra has rejected a plan to take part in the Federal Government’s six-week live content filtering trial that would see, according to those opposed to it, a decrease in speeds to the already crippled network that Australia’s broadband network has compared to other countries infrastructure like the US, Japan and South Korea.
Topic: Filtering
Censorship – Popular downloads site gets blocked?
EXCLUSIVE: TECHGEEK.com.au has recently found out that one site may have been blocked by certain ISPs like Internode and Optus. However, according to one of our editors, Exetel users have been able to access the site. The site in question, Katz Downloads (we cannot put up the link because of our hosting TOS), is no longer accessible.
Communications Minister labeled worst ever over net censorship plan
Senator Stephen Conroy has been labeled the worst Communications Minister that Australia has had since the internet was invented by iiNet’s Managing Director Michael Malone. As well, Greens senator Scott Ludlam accused Conroy of misleading the public by claiming the plan was similar to that in Sweden, Canada and neighbour New Zealand.
New government filter to make internet slow – tech experts say
According to technical experts talking to the Courier Mail, internet speeds could slow down the already crippled connection speeds by 30 percent if the new government filter scheme goes ahead; among other warnings – including that it would do little to block any illegal content, expose financial details of users during online banking and could see popular websites like Facebook banned from Australian computers.
Compulsory net filtering is coming, and not everyone is happy
Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy Minister Stephen Conroy is reported to have admitted that the $44.2 million internet censorship plan would now be in two tiers – one that all ISPs must filter, and another optional filter to censor all adult material. And despite saying live trials will be held before the end of the year, Senator Conroy has no idea what the content on the mandatory filter would block access too.
New govt report shows holes in ISP filter choices
A brand new report released by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has showed that its chosen filters could filter illegal content or block peer-to-peer networks, but it failed to identify content shared on the peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.
Porn filter ‘could cripple internet’ : ISPs
Internode and iiNet have spoken out and said that they are against the new Government’s plan for an ISP-level filtering initiative, saying that it could cripple our high-speed internet access.
Mandatory filtering was one of Kevin Rudd’s election promises and is set to move to an ISP level to remove "inappropriate content" from our browser. These are currently being trialled by ACMA (Australian Communication and Media Authority).