Klaw81

Question: "What, if any, regulatory obstacles exist to realising the full potential of Australia's digital economy?"

Answer: The proposed ISP filtering scheme threatens the potential of Australia's digital economy by: (a) Reducing our already poor internet speeds to a crawl by creating filter bottlenecks; (b) Creating security problems for e-commerce by interfering with secure transactions for the purpose of filtering; and (c) Increasing the cost of internet access for every Australian citizen by placing additional burdens on ISP's.

The digital economy in Australia is already suffering due to uncertainty about the ISP filtering scheme. At the very least, Senator Conroy needs to answer some very basic questions about how he proposes to implement the proposed filter.

The filter will be quite expensive and will achieve absolutelu nothing because: (1) It doesn't filter everything, only HTTP – leaving more than half of Australian internet traffic infiltered. P2P is a technology most kids are intimately familiar with and use on a daily basis. They will still be exposed to exactly the same risk as before. (2) Child pornography is primarily shared via encrypted P2P so the filter will not affect the actions of paedophiles. (3) Filtering is easily bypassed, even by children. Many kids already bypass school internet filters on a daily basis. This filter will not stop them.

It's a stupid idea, implemented stupidly.