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Love Mum
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Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 4:17 PM
Subject: The Great Firewall of Australia
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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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