The internet as we know it has been developed due to the fact that basically anyone can jump online, and contribute to the ever-expanding internet. From setting up personal websites, from blogging on a personal blog, to contributing to a wiki, to submitting opinions on an online forum. This, however, may be the last time we hear of such work in Australia.

A blog post written by a mate of mine, Carl, suggests that an internet filtering scheme is set to be implementing, which is a proposal “to filter and censor content on the internet that is deemed illegal or “inappropriate”".

Carl makes an interesting statement, that “if children are exposed to inappropriate material it should be the onus of the parent to monitor their child’s internet habits and implement their own filtering.” The reason for setting up this filtering service after all is surely because of the content that is inappropriate to children - but, as Carl suggests, shouldn’t it be up to the parent or guardian to monitor what the children in their care are accessing?

Who decides what is appropriate, and what is not? Well, unfortunately the government. AND, even though it seems you may be able to opt out of this filtering, the government may still block access to content that it seems “inappropriate to adults”.

Read Carl’s letter to the Minister and more at Carl’s Blog

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