david3172

I'm pleased to see the Government's continued interest in Internet Filtering and hope the anti-censorship, open-slather people don't win out. Despite claims to the contrary it is clear Internet filtering does work. The current Internet filtering clients already work well, but there is room for improvement, and that technology is out there already. Just look at the sophistication of the anti-spam products. But in my view, and that of most Christians, we need to focus on protecting the kids. It should be mandatory to filter the Internet at the ISP, and then allow adults who want to by-pass that filtering to do so. This is the way other censorship in our society works. Adult television programs are restricted and can only be shown after a certain time. Porn magazines are restricted for sale to minors and are sealed. The anti-filtering brigade appear to be the same people who basically oppose all forms of censorship. Examples of how people can circumvent a filter in no way voids the idea itself. People can still sell porn magazine to kids if they choose, but it is illegal. And just because people can circumvent the censorship of magazines, does not mean we want to do away with this censorship. There’s plenty of scope for the anti-filtering adults to continue to negligently subject their kids to porn if they so choose, but the majority of parents want their kids protected. And I as an adult do not want to stumble upon porn websites when I’m using the Internet and I know my staff at work feel the same.