Oz isp begin censoring the internet  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2011, 10:52:28 am
content: dave what the hell,http://www.news.com.au/technology/internet-filter/telstra-optus-to-begin-censoring-web-next-month/story-fn5j66db-1226079954138

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 23, 2011, 11:33:48 am
content: ISP have been voluntarily blocking child porn sites (and maybe some other types) for many years now, so nothing new there really.It's not the RC content that was proposed, so that good. But still just as a retarded idea as it always has been.Why the ACMA are touching child porn sites is beyond me. It's a matter for the federal police if anything, not that anything is ever hosted here anyway, so that's just as stupid really.I say keep them open and the cops can then track and catch the bastards like they are supposed to.Dave.

author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2011, 11:40:59 am
content: Yes This is pretty scary! Totally ineffective and the first step in censoring the internet per se. The web is a global communications network not regulated by anyone and this scares governments who like to be in control. I seem to remember that in the early days of the internet the US and others got together to try and monitor/regulate internet traffic but were fought off by pressure groups et al. China does a pretty good job of containing the web within it's boundary but only with the assistance of the likes of google. What next? Banning all sites that disagree with the governments line? Assess to only government approved sites? Once you start down this road it is very difficult to stop and very easy for governments to justify. Just banning such sites is laughable, they need closing down but this would involve cooperation and a great deal of effort... Go figure!

author: tinhead
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2011, 11:50:30 am
content: heh, i love filters .. like one of my ISPs, google safesearch is alway restricted on and i can't change it.Is this usefull ? Not at all, but who cares, let's some idiots be happy.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2011, 01:30:58 pm
content: There is a question about where the links are coming from and I'd like to know the answer to that ?http://www.efa.org.au/2011/05/27/filter-alive-and-kicking/

author: ndictu
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2011, 01:50:03 pm
content: Quote from: tinhead on June 23, 2011, 11:50:30 amWow, that isn't even some basic DNS/IP filtering, you need to have deep packet inspection to do that, checking every request to google and changing the URL (or cookies, not sure what they use for that).Good talk about this:

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2011, 12:49:31 pm
content: I think that setting is the default for Google. I am able to change it to any of the options when i am logged into my google account.Regards

author: TheWelly888
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2011, 06:13:08 pm
content: I knew Angry Aussie will mention this! Volume down or headphones -http://youtu.be/_FNLlubaJTw

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 24, 2011, 07:18:26 pm
content: what I never understand is why it is supposed to be so hard to get the people that run these websites and shut them down. Usually it is supposed to be because they host in far away countries and can't be touched by local law. Well flipping hell, if all of the nations of the world can decided together to go get gedafi in as matter of days I'm sure they can collaborate on illegal and unwanted stuff on the net

author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2011, 05:26:41 pm
content: Quote from: Simon on June 24, 2011, 07:18:26 pmMoney, and lots of it.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 25, 2011, 06:24:50 pm
content: Quote from: FreeThinker on June 25, 2011, 05:26:41 pmwell apart from that,

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2011, 10:13:37 pm
content: government would love to control but never will.then their is a question who own it which is anybody with ip addressi guess the internet is strange like that.one thing to note though censorship doesn't work when you can just route round it