Now that I have your attention I thought I would let you all know what the australian government has decided to do in regards to policing web service.
Our main internet provider is telstra who started off as telecom, before they got their hands on internet they were just a phone company....still are.
Their division of ISP is called bigpond. (
www.bigpond.com) Now our idiots over in Canberra have decided to invade our privacy of our own internet access by having monitoring systems in place. Basically as soon as you look at a porn site it blocks you. They haven't put it in place as yet as there will be plenty of protest against it. I believe the main reason for this "dragnet" of sorts is due to the high level of child porn wankers that we have here.
The most recent being some police officers who are meant to be protecting people from these sort of monsters, and also we have had quite a few priests hiding in the "closet" as well who have also been caught.
The worst thing is, the software that they are going to use does not distinguish between porn, "naked art" and I dare say even this site, with it's moderate level of adult material. But I think this site will be safe for us aussies as it is foremost a forum so the only way to look up the adult stuff is to be a member. Oh the perks of membership....gotta love it.
The only way they could use this software is have it within the ISP main server.
Now if the house of reps decide to pass the bill, then the aussie network of net users will drop quite quickly. The other issue of course is doctor's and those in the medical field who need to use naked pictures for reference etc would also be denied access for their med exams and the like.
The coming months will interesting to say the least.
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