Imagine a government proposing an internet censorship
system that went further than any other democracy - one that
made the internet up to 87% slower, more expensive,
accidentally blocked up to one in 12 legitimate sites, and
missed the vast majority of inappropriate content.
This
is not China, Saudi Arabia or Iran - this is the vision of
Senator Stephen Conroy for Australia. Testing has
already begun. The community must now move to stop
this plan. Click here to save the
net:
The system that Senator Conroy wants is a
mandatory filter of all internet traffic, with the
government of the day able to add any unwanted site to a
secret blacklist. Already, the wrangling has begun for the
inclusion of material relating to anorexia, euthanasia and
gambling. It isn't difficult to see the scheme is open
to abuse.
Even when it comes to preventing
child p-rnography, the filter will not prevent peer-to-peer
sharing and is very simple to sidestep. The protection
of our children is vitally important - that's why we
can't afford to waste funds on this deeply flawed system. We
should be concentrating on solutions that are more effective
and won't undermine our digital economy or our democratic
freedoms.
This must rank as one of
the most ill-thought decisions of the Rudd Government's first
year in power. We need to act now to tell big brother
the mandatory internet filter is incompatible with the
principles of a modern democracy and modern
economy:
Our government should be doing all in its power to take
Australia into the 21st century economy, and to protect our
children. This proposed internet censorship does
neither. Take action to save the net
today.
Thanks for being a part of the solution, The
GetUp team
PS - The proposed scheme will pass all
internet traffic through a government filter - it's like
asking Australia Post to filter every letter sent in
Australia.
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