Get Up are running a Save the Net campaign. I urge everyone to sign the petition and send it on to all of your friends and family and encourage them to get involved. As the material on the GetUp website explains, mandatory ISP level filtering will slow up internet speeds by up to 87%, will block 1 in 12 legitimate sites and will miss much of the inappropriate content - especially the 60% of traffic from peer to peer sites. It is completely unnecessary, expensive and ineffective to filter the internet in this way. Have your say today and do what you can to stop the Government from introducing the worst internet access in the world outside of China.
You can also write to Stephen Conroy (as I already have - see here and here) and express your concerns directly:
Senator, The Hon. Stephen Conroy
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Level 4, 4 Treasury Place
Melbourne Vic 3002
More Information
Get Up, Save the Net <http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet/442> at 26 November 2008
News.com.au, Greens Could Block Plans for Internet Filter (25 November 2008) <http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,24703499-5014239,00.html> at 25 November 2008
ZeroPaid, Australian Web Filter to Block More than 10,000 Unwanted Sites (14 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9842/Australian+Web+Filter+to+Block+More+than+10%2C000+%27Unwanted%27+Sites> at 26 November 2008
ZeroPaid, Australian ISP Agrees to 'Ridiculous' Net-Filter Trial to Prove 'How Stupid It Is' (12 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9838/Australian+ISP+Agrees+to+%27Ridiculous%27+Net-Filter+Trial+to+Prove+%27How+Stupid+it+Is%27> at 26 November 2008
The Register, Is the Internet Going Down Down Under (5 November 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/05/aussie_internet/> at 26 November 2008
ZeroPaid, Australian Govt's Plans to Censor the Internet is Stricter than Iran (24 October 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9821/Australian+Govt%27s+Plan+to+Censor+the+Internet+is+%27Stricter+than+Iran%27> at 26 November 2008
ArsTechnica, 'Net Filters "required" for all Australians, No Opt Out (16 October 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081016-net-filters-required-for-all-australians-no-opt-out.html> at 26 November 2008
TechDirt, Australian Internet Filters Have No Real Opt-Out; Only Opt-In to Fewer Filters (13 October 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081013/1135502530.shtml> at 26 November 2008
The Australian, Net Censorship to Cost Users (5 August 2008) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24128728-15306,00.html> at 26 November 2008
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Its also interesting that the adult industry of Australia is fighting this by creating their own political party:
http://www.covenanteyes.com/blog/2008/12/10/sex-and-politics-australias-new-political-party-takes-on-the-mandatory-internet-filter/
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