| Labor wants ISPs block net porn, violence |
| Post on 21-03-2006. |
Internet service providers (ISPs) will be forced to block violent and pornographic material before it reaches home computers if Labor wins the next federal election.
Under the policy, announced by Opposition Leader Kim Beazley today, international websites would be banned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority if they contained graphic sexual or violent material, rated R or higher. ... |
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| Online industry rejects Labor policy |
| Post on 21-03-2006. |
FEDERAL Labor's proposal to block children's access to pornography and graphic violence online has been dismissed by the internet industry as unnecessary.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley today said one Labor government would force internet service providers (ISPs) to block violent and pornographic material before it reached home computers. ... |
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| Adult education for cellcos |
| Post on 21-03-2006. |
The mobile adult content market could be worth up to $2.1 billion globally by 2009. However, assuming that security and legal issues can be managed, the real money for cellcos may not be in hosting porn, but in letting the content providers help them generate data traffic
One of the telecoms/IT industry's worst-kept secrets is that end-user adoption of media-driven technologies can almost always be credited to adult content. Which is to say pornography. Pick one category: VHS, DVD, pay-per-view TV, CD-ROM, PC games, BBSs, the Web. All of them were significantly driven in the early days by porn. Even in voice telephony, sex was generating serious dollars via phone sex lines where callers pay by the minute. ... |
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| Porn plan not needed, says IIA |
| Post on 21-03-2006. |
LABOR'S proposal to block children's access to pornography and graphic violence online has been dismissed by the internet industry as unnecessary.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley today said one Labor government would force internet service providers (ISPs) to block violent and pornographic material before it reached home computers. ... |
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| Labor will make ISPs filter porn on Net |
| Post on 21-03-2006. |
Labor's plan to protect children from online pornography and graphic violence has been backed by family groups, but dismissed by the government and internet industry.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley said one Labor government would force internet service providers (ISPs) to block violent and pornographic material before it reached home computers. ... |
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