crazykarl

I too welcome the blog to voice my opinion. Now correct me if I am wrong, the premise for the Internet filter is to protect children from inappropriate content and to prohibit child pornography. I will seperate the two and provide my thoughts: 1. Protect children from inappropriate content. -Surely the simplest way is for parents to keep an eye on what their kids are doing on the internet. If it's cyber predators you are trying to protect against you won't get them with a "filter". They chat like I do thru MSN, FaceBook, Google Talk etc. 2. Prohibit Child Pornography - For a filter to work, you need to know the website address or ip address of the site that is distributing child porn. As far as I know, no Government in the world supports child porn. Use tracing techniques to identify where the content is coming from and stop it. All a filter is going to do is slow Australia's already slow internet connections, cost a fortune, and provide very little benifit. As for the "secret list" of sites, make them public or are we going to be regulated like China, where only Government approved websites can be viewed by it's citizens. Please consider these, if you would like a more detailed explanation, please feel free to contact me.