At federal level, the Australian government has begun three separate inquiries to look at the consequences of the free flow of information on the Internet. In November last year, the Senate Select Committee on Community Standards delivered eight recommendations that might characterise new federal law. The EFA said it was also concerned the present Queensland law would trap innocent people who downloaded illegal material without realising it. EFA board member Irene Graham said it would be difficult to know whether an internet user actually knew they were down loading a file containing illegal material or actually solicited information mailed to them. They may not even know they are in possession of illegal material.
Many users leave files unopened on their computers until they have time to view the contents.
Likewise, many users do not access the internet every single day to read their E-mail. The time for saying that net censorship will never eventuate because it won't work is past.