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An open question to Sen. Conroy

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On many occasions, Senator Conroy the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has stressed that his proposed Internet Filter will "protect the children."

As a concerned parent, taxpayer and journalist, I have a very simple question to ask Senator Conroy: 

Sir, in what way would your proposed filter have assisted in catching this person?  Man charged with grooming child for sex.

According to the report, this person believed he was grooming a 15 year old girl for sex via an Internet chat room.  Unfortunately for this particular perpetrator, the girl was in fact a police person masquerading as a potential victim.

There is NOTHING the filter could do to assist in detecting and apprehending such people.  In fact money spent on such a filter will reduce the ability of real police to do real police work.  After all, the money has to come from somewhere; why not a related activity.

Sir, would you please stop this insanity and abandon your filter proposal.