This kind of stuff just frustrates me no end because they *know* that it's impossible and yet just say "yeah, it's OK, the ISP will do it!".
Fcuk you will they. Are you going to reimburse them for all the time and money spent on this bullsh1t attempt at garnering votes, knowing full well that that it doesn't work?
But I'll tell you what. If this is *really* about protecting the children, because filters are too hard to install, make it OPT IN. Otherwise, it's all about censorship and control.
Next it will be "well, you know, all this unfiltered news about the war is really making people want to revolt... filter it too! Why not? The ISP's already have the technology in place!".
Even still, ask China how the Google filter is going... if Google can't get it right for the most populated country in the world, who here reckons that Telstra will give a sh1t enough to care?
To prove my China / Google point. Go to www.google.com.cn and click the second link above the text box (that takes you to 'image search'). Search for 'Tiananmen' (that's the correct spelling). Now search for 'Tianamen', a slightly incorrect spelling.
Notice anything different?
Again, until it's OPT-IN, it's all about censorship.
Do you have your subscription to Electronic Frontiers Australia paid up? I do. Go to www.efa.org.au and give some money to those people that are actually acting on these things, not just whinging about them on some God forsaken footy forum 🙂
No, seriously, go give them money: they'll be the ones that will have the best chance of nipping this ****e in the bud. You have to remember: anything that one party offers, the other will too, eventually!