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Internet filtering in Australia

Note: The commentary here is not sanctioned comment in my role as a member of the board of the IIA (Internet Industry Association). It’s me exercising my right as a citizen of a western democracy to speak freely, without influence from any other party. This is how the ‘net works.

There’s been a significant debate in Australia about filtering the internet for a while now. I haven’t blogged about it because I couldn’t be bothered to waste my time writing about something so ridiculous and as a member of the board of the IIA we have a position which I fully support.

But the debate is hotting up, the pollies are hell bent on it happening, probably because it was an election commitment, but they appear to be ignoring vast swaths of the electorate who are saying “No!”, the thought of ‘Chinese style’ internet filtering is not what they want. › Continue reading

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