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[bacasper]

Once again, we see kiddy porn laws being used as the wedge for mass curtailment of civil liberties.

Australian Government To Force Internet Users To Install State-Approved Software

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The Australian government is set to intensify its war against Internet freedom by forcing web users to install state-approved anti-virus software. If they fail to do so, they will be denied an Internet connection, or if their computer is later infected, the user�s connection will be terminated.

�AUSTRALIANS would be forced to install anti-virus and firewall software on their computers before being allowed to connect to the internet under a new plan to fight cyber crime. And if their computer did get infected, internet service providers like Telstra and Optus could cut off their connection until the problem was resolved,� reports News.com.au.
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Of course, the vast majority of Internet users already use anti-virus software, but by creating the precedent of having to conform to government mandates simply to get online, this opens the door to later requiring government permission to use the Internet at all, as well as a Chinese-style ID verification system which will prevent �undesirables� from using the web.

It also makes it easier for the government to use the law to subsequently demand that a mandatory Internet filter also be installed as part of the software package that blocks websites deemed �offensive� to the authorities.

Efforts to place restrictions on the internet are unfolding apace in Australia where the government is implementing a mandatory and wide-ranging Internet filter modeled on that of the Communist Chinese government.

Australian communication minister Stephen Conroy said the government would be the final arbiter on what sites would be blacklisted under �refused classification.�

The official justification for the filter is to block child pornography, however, as the watchdog group Electronic Frontiers Australia has pointed out, the law will also allow the government to block any website it desires while the pornographers can relatively easily skirt around the filters.

Earlier this year, the Wikileaks website published a leaked secret list of sites slated to be blocked by Australia�s state-sponsored parental filter.

The list revealed that blacklisted sites included �online poker sites, YouTube links, regular gay and straight porn sites, Wikipedia entries, euthanasia sites, websites of fringe religions such as satanic sites, fetish sites, Christian sites, the website of a tour operator and even a Queensland dentist.�

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[toniyellow]

AUSTRALIANS would be forced to install anti-virus and firewall software on their computers before being allowed to connect to the internet under a new plan to fight cyber crime.

And if their computer did get infected, internet service providers like Telstra and Optus could cut off their connection until the problem was resolved.

Those are two of the recommendations to come from a year-long inquiry into cyber crime by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications.

Among its final 34 recommendations were:

� The creation of an around-the-clock cyber crime helpline.

� Changes to the law to make unauthorised installation of software illegal.

� Companies who release IT products with security vulnerabilities should be open to claims for compensation by consumers.
www.news.com.au/technology/no-anti-virus-software-no-internet-connection/story-e6frfro0-1225882656490

Its not legislation. Its 34 different plans from a year long inquiry because a committee had nothing better to do than brainstorm wacky ideas to make the internet safer. If they push any of them through if will be something benign like the cyber crime helpline. People will protest against the filter thing, companies will protest against the ability to sue for security vulnerabilities.

Mandatory government software would never get through Parliament. Committees propose weird things to governments in every country all the time, it doesn't mean they become law.

[AsiaESLbound]

Sounds like a kill switch in disguise. Of course, the explained purpose would be to prevent child porn, terrorism, and protect national assets. This explanation like proposed in America a few days ago is nothing more than a ruse to further oppress people through dis-empowerment by cutting them off from knowledge and a public voice.

[bacasper]

[bacasper]

Fair dinkum! We get a year's reprieve.

Australia Delays Internet Censorship and Filtering Under Pressure

Posted: 2010/07/11
From: Mathaba

Mathaba and other networks have campaigned strongly against the measures, which even drew criticism from Google for `China style` government Internet censorship plans in Australia.

Canberra (Mathaba) - Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has capitulated to widespread concerns over his internet censorship policy and delayed any mandatory filters until at least next year, 2011.

Academics, Internet experts and a broad cross-section of community groups have long argued that the plan to block a secret blacklist of "refused classification" (RC) web pages for all Australians was fraught with issues, for example, that blocked content could include innocuous material or be used to censor independent news networks, such as Mathaba.

Having consistently ignored these concerns, Senator Conroy today announced that implementation of his policy would be delayed until a review of RC classification guidelines could be conducted by state and territory censorship ministers, expected to after the middle of next year.

"Some sections of the community have expressed concern about whether the range of material included in the RC category ... correctly reflects current community standards," Senator Conroy said.

"As the government's mandatory ISP [Internet Service Provider] filtering policy is underpinned by the strength of our classification system, the legal obligation to commence mandatory ISP filtering will not be imposed until the review is completed."

In the meantime, major ISPs - including Optus, Telstra and iPrimus - have pledged to block child-abuse websites voluntarily. This narrower, voluntary approach has long been advocated by internet experts.

"It will be just child porn, and that will be consistent with best practice in Scandinavia and Europe," Peter Coroneos, chief executive of the Internet Industry Association, said.

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[mises]

bacasper I've been waiting for you to post about the NSA's "perfect citizen" program.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/08/perfect_citizen

[bacasper]

^ Must I do all the heavy lifting?

Thanks. I hadn't heard about it.

[comm]

Here are the wikileaks links to the Australian censorship blacklists:

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Australian_government_secret_ACMA_internet_censorship_blacklist,_6_Aug_2008

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Australian_government_secret_ACMA_internet_censorship_blacklist,_18_Mar_2009

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Australian_government_secret_ACMA_internet_censorship_blacklist,_18_Mar_2009

The first includes an astrology blog, the last includes a wikileaks server. A veritable anthology of "objectionable material".