"The filter became infamous around the world,..."
Actually the words 'Australia', 'laughing' and 'stock' come to mind here.
Who hit Conroy with a clue stick?
Penguin, 'cos they like their intertubes unfiltered.
Australia will not proceed with its plan to filter the Internet on behalf of its citizens. Stephen Conroy, the nation's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has issued a statement saying that internet service providers will be required to block some content – child abuse sites listed by Interpol – …
because rather than being a broad filter, set by government, it is a very very narrow set of known CP sites, and part of an international effort.
Yeah, technically it's kind of filtering but interpol has no reason or want to filter anything other than CP sites.
I am happy with this compromise
That's one way to look at it. Even if it sounds like trying to convince yourself, desparately.
Another way to look at it is to realise that very few people are actually interested in child porn; the rest gets nauseous both because it's not their kink and because the must-protect-children reflex is usually rather strong in animals, including us. No, I don't say that disparagingly. So while wanting "bad stuff" to go away is a natural reflex, especially for politicians, in this case it's also the wrong thing to do.
Think about it. We have law enforcement to deal with that sort of stuff, so let them do their job properly. Shuffling things under a filter isn't helping anybody. But it does open the door to further filtering, as happened in the UK.
So this compromise is a demonstratably real risk, and it doesn't buy us much. Yes, there's probably some child porn floating around the 'web, just like there's shock sites full of things that can never be un-seen, and shock-porn (rule 34), and so on. No, I don't want to visit any of that either. But very few of us need a filter to help them steer clear of it, so a filter isn't needed here either. Especially since filters tend to break more than they fix, hello IWF.
And interpol? They'll happily let themselves be used to nab political dissidents, too. So much for being part of an international effort.
I am happy with this compromise
If you want to know why this measure won't be effective I'd suggest giving this podcast a listen. You may find it educational.
Warning: contains people with actual knowledge.
The poor blokes site was back on line some time ago.
I suspect other reasons for dumping filter. How about the super-snoop rulez coming real soon now ? Do the pollies and cops want to find all the really good pr0n links too? Oh, and have "leverage" to get proof because lawyers sicking Joe Plod onto J&J Q Citizen does not know what DHCP is.