Steve

To measure success you need to measure something that has real meaning, not something that sounds good.

For example, if one was designing a filter for the internet you would not define success in a way that allowed it to be deemed successful if it was easy to circumvent, or if false positives occurred more often than false negatives (in absolute terms), or if it massively slowed down internet access, or was used to block legal content.

Since the Government has virtually conceded all of these points and it still appears intent on going forward with the filter regardless, I have little hope that this request for input is anything other than an attempt to pay lip service to the online community.

As a counter example, if the intent of the Government was to alienate the online community, the proposal to filter the internet seems to have been completely successful. I wonder if the minister has noticed this yet?