Inside Internet Filtering

There has been a lot of chatter on the internet in the last few days about the ISP level filtering initiative underway in Australia.  The main topic of discussion has been around the concept that there will be no opt-out for people that don’t want the filtering.

Mark Newton, a network engineer for an ISP in Australia called Internode, says:

Users can opt-out of the ‘additional material’ blacklist (referred to in a department press release, which is a list of things unsuitable for children, but there is no opt-out for ‘illegal content

Newton said he got this information from advisers to Communication Minister Stephen Conroy.

A few blogs are reporting that this has been confirmed by a spokespersion for Minister Stephen Conroy.  However, no names have been mentioned and I can’t find any official comment on this.  We will have to wait official word from the Department for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

Additional Information:
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/10/13/no-opt-out-filtered-internet
http://revolutionradio.org/2008/10/17/net-filters-required-for-all-australians-no-opt-out/

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