Climate change is not a conspiracy, get out of the way
Last night in my house I witnessed a prolonged discussion between two people of different
OK this is serious. It’s been bubbling along for quite a while now but it looks like the Government and Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy are pretty committed to filtering the internet to prevent any material that is ‘refused classification’ from being accessed in Australia.
Why am I against this?
This is not about porn, don’t be distracted by that silly Operation TitStorm that just makes filter objectionists look like porn obsessed nutjobs. It’s about wasting government resources trying to reduce available content on the internet to the lowest common denominator.
So if you think it sounds like a bad idea too, head over to http://openinternet.com.au/ to find out more about what you can do. But in a nutshell:
Update: See follow-up post for more information if you’re interested.