Australia declares war on net porn
 

For a country that is amongst the most tolerant in the world when it comes to gambling, you right be forgiven for thinking that the same liberal attitude might apply when it comes to online adult entertainment.

On the contrary.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced a plan by the country?s Coalition political parties to clean up Internet porn, in an effort to woo Christian voters.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08...et_protection/

after reading that article....read this one...


http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/...section=justin

i hate people with kids, and those who use themfor political purpose.

the world will end with good intentions for kids.

stop breeding not porn.

Nothing new that politicians try to control peoples life.

is this ISP based filtering or is the goverment just offer like a netnanny program for australian citizens?

lol so the Government spends $84m on a filter which is then cracked by a kid:1orglaugh

It's both.

Rape in .au is about to skyrocket. Apparently a 10% increase in internet access yields a 7% decrease in rape.

Australia is the only country in the world where we are legally obliged to quote the viewed URL when buying a password.

Since ours is content neutral, we occasionally get contacted by curious Australian housewives who want to know what their husbands have been spending their money on online.

Seems like Australian guys really dig www.downloadtoprint.com:winkwink:

Australia is the only country in the world where there is a legal obligation to quote the viewed URL on the phone bill when buying a password.

Since ours is content neutral, we occasionally get contacted by curious Australian housewives who want to know what their husbands have been spending their money on online.

Seems like Australian guys really dig www.downloadtoprint.com:winkwink:

you cannot block people from viewing porn. Thats why web proxies, socks, VPNs are for.

Stupid idea.