LM

This disgusting cynical manipulation of the electorate and distortion of the issues that relies on their ignorance of the technology involved. We’re of course against child pornography but to conflate opposition to your half baked and ineffectual filter with being a proponent of such abhorrent material only serves to highlight your desperate ignorance and incompetence. And we’re to trust you with a blacklist that is neither subject to oversight or review when your own office has consistently been unavailable for comment and unforthcoming with answers to pertinent concerns and questions? The uptake of end user filters offered by the Howard government has been extremely poor, with families by and large choosing to monitor their children whilst online themselves. Would you also accuse these families of being pro-child porn? I think not. The ACMA’s own report stated that the filter inadvertently blocked safe sites and failed to screen blacklisted ones, while slowing down our speeds by up to 87%. How is this consistent with the Prime Minister’s promise of faster, cheaper broadband for Australia? Moreover how is this anything but a colossal waste of time and money, particularly in light of the fact that your own supposed ‘live’ trial will not only take place during the off-peak holiday season without any actual customers? Think again Senator Conroy and enrol in some IT classes and at the very least pick up a copy of The Internet for Dummies while you’re at it.