[clug] iiNet quits Conroy's filter trial

[Nathan Rickerby]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 07:24:07PM +1100, Ian Bardsley wrote:
> wally at wic.net.au wrote:
>> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iiNet-quits-Conroy-s-filter-trial/0,130061791,339295589,00.htm 
>>
>> "It became increasingly clear that the trial was not simply about  
>> restricting child pornography or other such illegal material, but a  
>> much wider range of issues including what the government simply  
>> describes as 'unwanted material' without an explanation of what that  
>> includes," Malone said in a statement.
>>
> All power to iiNet.  Pleasing to see thinking men stand up and be counted.
>

Speaking of that, again...

The Minister for Communications will be on ABC's Q and A this Thursday
evening at 9:30 (with the episode downloadable sometime afterwards).
Questions under 80 words can be submitted on the website.

  http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/

At least one of his fellow panellists has publicly stated their opinion
on the filtering issue.

  http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/read_this_while_you_can/
  http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/filter_gone_to_the_dogs/

Hopefully there will be some healthy discussion about it.

Nathan