For Australians, you may or may not know about the somewhat misguided plan by the government to force ISPs to use a government endorsed filter to filter out bad stuff. This is all fine and well except the implementation of it isn't particularly well thought and certainly not thought out by somebody with any experience with the modern internet.
"Testing has already begun on systems that will slow our internet by up to 87%, make it more expensive, miss the vast majority of inappropriate content and accidentally block up to 1 in 12 legitimate sites."*
While I applaud the government's efforts to shield children and such from inappropriate material, this internet filter that they plan to implement is not a particularly good solution. It will be easy to sidestep and crippling Australia's already weak internet infrastructure even further will serve only to punish the average internet user.
I encourage people to go to Getup.org.au and sign the petition speaking out against the government plan. Get your friends to consider signing it too!
* Taken from the Getup Save the Net campaign.
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