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OT: Government Internet Filtering 25-Nov-2008 At 2:11:14 PM Twitch

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On 25/11/2008 ajfclark wrote:
>It was originally but over time it's grown into a mandatory "no illegal
>content" filter and an option "kiddie safe" filter. The "no illegal content"
>filter is most worrying to me.

Oh there are two filters. I don’t know if I disagree with the mandatory one.
How is it different to banning things on TV? You can’t show anything you want on TV why should it be allowed on the internet? I don’t know whether this is the best solution to the problem they are trying to address but...its something.

>Hiding information from people (or trying to) doesn't make them safer, just stupider.

I had a chat to a Chinese girl once and was amazed to see that she was very happy with her government and supported most things that they did. I don’t know how many people in Australia are happy with their government. Maybe hiding information makes you stupider but…happier?