Stephen

Like the majority of others who've posted on this blog, I also oppose the concept of mandatory ISP filtering. I'm not going to go through all the reasons why it's a bad idea because many others on this blog have already gone through the details. But considering the recent debacle in the UK with regards to censoring Wikipedia, mandatory ISP filtering will create more problems in terms of what content filtered, overall download speeds and the cost to the consumer (not to mention the Government come election time). The general reception to this idea (which is cold) should give this Government department a clue that this filtering regime won't work and it should be scrapped. I do agree more needs to be done to protect children online, but a giant blanket that affects adults like myself is NOT the solution. It's time to listen to the majority and scrap the idea of mandatory filtering, an OPT-IN system in collaboration with ISPs would be better. (P.S. I applaud the decision of setting up these blogs so everyday folk can add their comments and opinions, time to take notice Minister).