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Conroy backs away from internet filter

Posted by Ridcully on · 3 comments
The Sydney Morning Herald; By Phillip Coorey 		Mail this story
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THE Australian federal government has abandoned its long-standing commitment to introduce a national internet filter and will instead ban websites related only to child abuse. This whole plan was hatched by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy however it has been widely derided from the start. The chief executive of the Internet Industry Association, Peter Lee, welcomed the decision as ''a positive step''

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Ridcully Story submitter ·
I particularly wanted to see this article reach LXer because it underlines so horribly well the calibre of the people sometimes placed in positions of authority in Australian Government. For Conroy to have even suggested this ridiculous scheme (which was attacked, satirised and lampooned from one end of the internet to the other) simply indicated how little this Communications Minister understood fundamental internet structures. There's a general sigh of relief that he has finally discarded this idea.

As a general final comment, if ever there was reason to suggest that an important technical government portfolio should NOT be held by a person who does not have the qualifications to understand what he is doing, this is the best example of it so far.
BernardSwiss ·
That's because in political milieus, "Communications" is often just a prettier synonym for "Public Relations".
Ridcully Story submitter ·
Know what BernardSwiss ? Very sadly, I think you are right.

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