Comments on: Nationwide Internet Censorship Planned In Australia

By: I am an extremist : Sean the Blogonaut

I am an extremist : Sean the Blogonaut — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:49:45 +0000

[...] Nationwide Internet Censorship Planned In Australia [...]

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:12:56 +0000

I also noticed that OpenDNS has ghacks in there blacklisted sites.

At least in there you can opt to allow it.

By: GRTerrero

GRTerrero — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:19:42 +0000

Does anyone see the irony in the fact that Australia began as a “filter” for British society, by exiling all unwantables and criminals to that then-remote corner of the world?

By: iampriteshdesai

iampriteshdesai — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:45:46 +0000

If done correctly it would be a good thing to happen. Although it wouldn’t be good if the government started stopping things other than pron, terrorism, etc. But loads of shitty things happen on net that it would be good if somebody stopped them.
How about giving licences to porn sites (18+) only if they register and then create a blacklist of such sites to create an site blocker for various browsers?

By: JD

JD — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:34:52 +0000

Knowledge is power. If the people (peasants) have access to knowledge the rulers (government) feel threatened. Expect to see more of this “for the common good”.

I can hear the U.S. politicians saying it now “but they’ve already done this in Australia”. Yeah, right, they banned guns in Australia too, the crime rate went through the roof!.
Doing something because they did it in Australia makes about as much sense as doing it because it was done in the U.S.

By: shammax

shammax — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:15:56 +0000

Our tax dollars at work,
as per the norm ,it will be fueled by the God fearing politician’s

By: Yogi

Yogi — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:43:27 +0000

Well, I guess it was just a matter of time that so much freedom would scare some people back to the Middle Ages.
The advance of technology is surely outpacing the ability of most people to live with its consequences.

By: CIAvash

CIAvash — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:57:38 +0000

ghacks.net is blocked in Iran (i don’t know why! maybe it’s a mistake.). i use proxy to access your blog.

By: GRTerrero

GRTerrero — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:37:35 +0000

First Big Brother now Big Father.