[governance] Australian Government Ignoring Problems With Proposed Filters

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  Another earlier reported obstacle for Internet Rights faces it's
own practical problems, yet Australia's "Great Australian Firewall"
government advocators remain undaunted, or should that be stubborn...

  My guess is that those of you that are Gmail and Yahoo users
will be the first to be "Censored"...

See:
an update to the proposed Australian national firewall we discussed
recently. According to the BBC, "The official watchdog, the Australian
Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has been
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7689964.stm conducting laboratory
tests of six filtering products, and the government plans a live trial
soon. ... After its recent trials, ACMA reported significant 
improvements on earlier studies. The network degradation on one product 
was less than 2%, although two products were in excess of 75%." Now, 
Ars Technica reports that "an Australian newspaper has uncovered
documents showing that the government minister responsible for the 
program has 
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081024-aussie-govt-dont-criticize-our-terrible-net-filters.html
ignored performance and accuracy problems with the filters, then
 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/10/23/1224351430987.html tried
to suppress criticism of the plan by private citizens." The EFA has a
great deal to say in
http://www.efa.org.au/censorship/mandatory-isp-blocking/
opposition of these plans.

Regards,

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