Australia’s misguided Internet filtering plan

There can be no digital economy of any value should plans to implement mandatory Internet filtering in Australia be put in place.

This proposed system is flawed on three major levels:

* Technical: It slows down the feed, it breaks some applications and it is possible to bypass it

* Legal: If the ISPs are filtering content without laws to support them, they are open to wrongful disconnection and/or wrongful blocking cases

* Ethical: By what standard is content being filtered? Differing religious beliefs and political leanings frequently result in varying moral codes - that which is offensive to me may be perfectly acceptable for you

apc.au believes that this proposed system is an invalid solution to the problem areas of the Internet. Australia should be enhancing existing methods of tracking down illegal content and online criminals rather than trying to find ways to block them. Australia should also be implementing improved education programmes to teach people how to safely make the best use of the freedoms and information the Internet provides rather than attempting to further protect us from ourselves.