Technology news and Jobs 
Telecommunications Opposition scores win over ISP filter report release?
Telecommunications Opposition scores win over ISP filter report release? | Opposition scores win over ISP filter report release? |
|
| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Tuesday, 23 December 2008 | |
|
Page 2 of 2 Hours after Senator Minchin’s demand appeared, a media release appeared at Senator Stephen Conroy’s Ministerial website. Featured Whitepaper
5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support
“The Howard Government, at the instigation of the Internet Industry Association (IIA), commissioned a report to be conducted by Mr Peter Coroneos, IIAs, CEO. “The previous government provided funding for the research and it was based on terms of reference agreed to by the IIA and the previous government. The report was to inform the previous government of the IIA's and other stakeholders' views, and international experience. “The report methodology was a literature review of existing studies as well as interviews and surveys. It involved no empirical testing of filtering technology. “The report highlighted a number of concerns the industry had previously raised with the current and previous governments, such as the potential for dynamic filtering to result in network performance impact and over-blocking and under-blocking content. It was not an analysis of the ALP's policy.” Senator Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, said: "The Government is aware of technical concerns raised in the report, and that is why we are conducting a pilot to put these claims to the test. "On 10 November I released an Expression of Interest seeking participation of ISPs and mobile telephone providers in a live pilot. A number of applications have been received from ISPs expressing interest in participating in the field pilot of ISP content filtering,” concluded the Minister. The Senator’s media statement continues: “The live pilot trial will provide evidence on the real world impacts of ISP content filtering, including for providers and internet users. It will provide an invaluable opportunity for ISPs to inform the Government's approach. “The pilot trial will not begin until mid-January and an announcement regarding participants will be made at that time. “The Howard Government Report is on the Department website.” So, it would appear Senator Stephen Conroy has bought himself some time to get the Internet filtering trial underway, and to inform all ISPs that wish to be part of the trial of their acceptance, and what they need to technically do for testing to begin. Will 2009 be the year that Australian censorship of the Internet begins in earnest? It would seem so. How sad for freedom. What a win for wowserism and backwards, anti-Internet, anti-digital economy, anti-21st century... thinking!! If Internet users would like to help Australia avoid becoming the “Soviet Socialist Republic of the South” complete with its own “Great Barrier Firewall Reef” it might be an idea to visit the GetUp! website and take part in its campaign to “Save the Net!”. |
Tags
| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
|---|
