Minister beneath fire: IT Experts say internet filtering will not perform ,
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By Stuart Corner
Monday, 27 October 2008 ten:11
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The Rudd Government came to strength very last November with two significant communications coverage initiatives with the leading of its agenda: the Nationwide Broadband Network and ISP-based Web filtering. Both are in problems, as well as the man in charge of each,
Microsoft Office 2010 Key, Stephen Conroy, is copping the flack.
The Government's ISP-level filtering regime is coming in for serious criticism from civil libertarians within the grounds that it will amount to 'censorship' and through the Internet local community to the grounds that none from the proposed technologies will function without having severely downgrading end-users' Internet encounter.
Now, SAGE-AU (the Technique Administrators Guild of Australia),
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President Donna Ashelford mentioned: "The Government's own figures indicate that all from the filtering systems trialled would impact Internet performance, as well as availability of legitimate services to varying degrees."
She stressed that SAGE-AU's position on the issue of Net filtering was "primarily based purely within the technical feasibility of an World wide web filtering solution," and not on the questions of censorship.
"Specifically SAGE-AU remains concerned that the filters tested are unable to provide an effective,
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The Government is also underneath fire from SAGE-AU for alleged unhanded ways in attempted to silence 1 of its members,
Microsoft Office 2010 Key, Mark Newton, an employee of Internode, who has been 1 of the most outspoken critics of the proposed scheme on the Whirlpool online forum.
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