Hi,
Usually I'm suspicious of this stuff but I happen to know that Get Up is
legit and thought the Aussie members of this list might like to know
about this.
IceKat.
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Thought you might be interested
Love Mum
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From: GetUp
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:17 PM
Subject: The Great Firewall of Australia
Dear Helen,
Imagine a government proposing an internet censorship system that went further
than any other democracy - one that made the internet up to 87% slower, more
expensive, accidentally blocked up to one in 12 legitimate sites, and missed
the vast majority of inappropriate content.
This is not China, Saudi Arabia or Iran - this is the vision of Senator Stephen
Conroy for Australia. Testing has already begun. The community must now move to
stop this plan. Click here to save the net:
www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet
The system that Senator Conroy wants is a mandatory filter of all internet
traffic, with the government of the day able to add any unwanted site to a
secret blacklist. Already, the wrangling has begun for the inclusion of
material relating to anorexia, euthanasia and gambling. It isn't difficult to
see the scheme is open to abuse.
Even when it comes to preventing child p-rnography, the filter will not prevent
peer-to-peer sharing and is very simple to sidestep. The protection of our
children is vitally important - that's why we can't afford to waste funds on
this deeply flawed system. We should be concentrating on solutions that are
more effective and won't undermine our digital economy or our democratic
freedoms.
This must rank as one of the most ill-thought decisions of the Rudd
Government's first year in power. We need to act now to tell big brother the
mandatory internet filter is incompatible with the principles of a modern
democracy and modern economy:
www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet
Our government should be doing all in its power to take Australia into the 21st
century economy, and to protect our children. This proposed internet censorship
does neither. Take action to save the net today.
Thanks for being a part of the solution,
The GetUp team
PS - The proposed scheme will pass all internet traffic through a government
filter - it's like asking Australia Post to filter every letter sent in
Australia. Click here to save the net.
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