tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post2742634252610114026..comments2024-02-14T22:50:48.749+10:30Comments on Bill Kerr: do you really want to be free?Bill Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-88586803716224735792008-12-01T16:55:00.000+10:302008-12-01T16:55:00.000+10:30hi syd,Thanks for the commentI don't think this ce...hi syd,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment<BR/><BR/>I don't think this censorship proposal would work very well for down the track censorship of particular texts<BR/><BR/>Mark Newton has persuaded me that the list of banned sites will inevitably leak. This is because the list will end up in the hands of many employers at all ISPs, which makes it too hard to secure. Read his two letters, published as pdfs on the EFA site:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.efa.org.au/2008/11/19/filtering-followup-to-newton-letter/" REL="nofollow">http://www.efa.org.au/2008/11/19/filtering-followup-to-newton-letter/ </A><BR/><BR/>If the government is found out to have extended the censorship of porn to other politically motivated censorship then that would be very embarrassing for them. Apparently, however, this did happen in Findland, where an anti-censorship site was found on their list, when it leaked<BR/><BR/>So, why are they doing it? I think they see it as a vote winner and it's consistent with the collectivist "caring" big brother mindset of the Labour Party, we will look after people who are too ignorant to look after themselves. Frank Furedi has written extensively on this topic, that we are developing a therapy culture:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.frankfuredi.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.frankfuredi.com/ </A>Bill Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-81161416449241968992008-12-01T08:46:00.000+10:302008-12-01T08:46:00.000+10:30Thank you Bill. I think you've summarized my core ...Thank you Bill. I think you've summarized my core arguments on Internet censorship very well.<BR/><BR/>As you may know, I wrote a shorter article recently entitled <A HREF="http://sydwalker.info/blog/2008/11/27/why-the-web-is-not-like-tv/" REL="nofollow">>Why The Web is NOT Like TV</A>. It's somewhat more succinct.<BR/><BR/>I find it very suspicious that a central filter which all ISPs are required to use won't work effectively for porn blocking - but could work like a treat for political censorship.<BR/><BR/>At least, that's how it strikes me. IT experts like yourself are better able to judge. But no-one seems to have refuted the proposition yet.<BR/><BR/>So... why buy a tractor to do the job of a car? Especially when it's so unpopular? The official story just doesn't add up.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to think it's one huge compound cock-up (although if the Rudd Government is equally incompetent in other areas, heaven help us).<BR/><BR/>But it's a stretch. Rudd and co are not fools. They do, on occasion, make Faustian deals.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say they may not be forced to back down on this under popular pressure. I think that likely. It's a remarkable, broad-based casmpaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com