Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Australia to Introduce Filtered Internet

Australia soon plan to introduce internet filtering across the country to prevent users accessing criminal content online. The move, which is similar to China's content control system, will go soon go live after undergoing a 7 month test to try out the filtering.

According to the BBC, the filter laws will be introduced in August 2010, and will take roughly a year to implement

Read more about the controversial move here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8413377.stm

Do you live in Australia? What are your thoughts on filtered internet access?

The move is certainly causing quite a stir on Twitter, with users using the hashtag '#nocleanfeed'. Follow the Twitter reaction at:
http://twitter.com/#search?q=nocleanfeed

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