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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Australian ISPs to start Internet censorship next
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Australian ISPs to start Internet censorship next month
http://j.mp/lVfH9m (news.com.au)
"The effectiveness will be trivial because you're just blocking a
single website address (and) a person can get around it by
changing that address with one character," she said. "Child
abuse material is more likely to be exchanged on peer-to-peer
networks and private networks anyway and is a matter for law
enforcement." Electronic Frontiers Association board member
Colin Jacobs also expressed concern at the scheme, saying the
Government and internet providers needed to be more upfront
about websites being blocked and offer an appeals process for
website owners who felt URLs had been blocked unfairly."
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