[clug] iiNet quits Conroy's filter trial

[Steve Walsh]

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 
>
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> "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.

The sad thing is, they were never part of the trial, they've just 
withdrawn their application. They were petitioning to join the trial, 
but as MM announced that he was going to join the trial so he could 
publically list every failure of it, DBCDE kinda got cold feet.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=99376

"Days after ACMA’s blacklist was purportedly leaked to Wikileaks, 
Perth-based ISP iiNet has withdrawn from negotiations with the 
Government to participate in round two of the internet filtering trials."


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