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[WOLF]

Free online filters in porn crackdown
By Robin Pash
June 21, 2006
AUSTRALIAN families will get free access to online filters in a $100-million federal government program to protect children from internet predators and pornography.
The measure, the centrepiece of a package to crack down on sexual exploitation on the web, is expected to be taken up by at least 2.5 million families in the next few years.

The National Filter Scheme, costing $93 million, will provide free software that blocks access to pornography and will be accompanied by an $18-million national education blitz to drive the initiative.

Filters will also be provided to every public library, allowing them to set up "child-friendly" computers.

Communications Minister Helen Coonan said it was the single biggest commitment to protecting families online in the history of the internet in Australia.

"This is not a one-size-fits-all approach to protecting Australian families and we're not dictating to every Australian internet user what they should or shouldn't see," she said.

"But we are deadly serious about protecting Australian children and families."

Justice Minister Chris Ellison said the measures would help the fight against child pornography.

"It is something which will give great reassurance to parents in relation to how their children access the internet," he said.

The filters will be available through internet service providers (ISPs), with people able to choose from a broad range of software.

The technology allows families to set their own access limits and will be available for download from a dedicated website or sent to them on CD-ROM.

All ISPs will be required to offer the software to their customers free of charge and filters available will have to be approved by the Government.

While the Federal Government controls only one library – the National Library of Australia – Senator Coonan said it had no plans to tie the library's funding to the introduction of filtered public computers.

The Government would urge the states and territories to get the software into their libraries.

In other measures, internet safety agency NetAlert will be co-located with the communications industry regulation, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

NetAlert will receive an extra $5 million to expand its education programs.

ACMA will also have to provide an annual report on trends in filtering and will work with NetAlert to investigate improvements to the technology.

The total package, including the free filters, has been costed at $116.6 million over three years.

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[Dirtzinert]

Thats a pretty good idea...course it'll ruin Australian computer sales!

[WOLF]

 :lol:

[Flight From Ashiya]

That'll keep the Drongos at bay!!!  (or at e-bay).