Only a matter of days ago, the Australian government joined the international chorus of condemnation in regards to the filtering of internet access for visiting media during the Beijing Olympics.
| Conroy Welcomes ISP Filtering |
Hypocritically, news is now “filtering” through in regards to the details of the “mandatory” filtering systems, currently being trialled on behalf of that same Australian government.
| Net Censorship to Cost Users |
As an Australian, I’m pretty disgusted that they can point the finger at China – (and they do need fingers pointed at them) – and push on with this “mandatory filtering” program, and suggest that it will cost us, the users, to implement.
Poor form chaps – we are watching. And we will take you to task.