New Zealand's Had An Internet Filter For 2 Years. How's It Working Out? 
The Kogan 'Portector' – Protecting Us From Spams And Scams Since 2010 
All This Censorship Has Happened Before, And It Will All Happen Again 
One Mandatory Filter Trial ISP Only Had 15 Customers Opt In... Now The Government Wants To Censor Mature Games... Reader Kane is vehemently opposed to Senator Conroy’s proposed mandatory internet filter. So he sent the Minister a letter pointing out all the concerns he had over the government’s plans. Senator Conroy wrote back, and aside from the usual shouting about CHILD PORN and TERRORISM, mentioned some interesting things, like the fact they plan on implementing legislative amendments to require the filter “12 months from the passage of legislation”.
Like we needed more proof that Conroy’s mandatory filter is a complete waste of time and money – ARN has reported that one of the ISPs involved in the trial – Nelson Bay Online – had just 15 people opt in, or about one percent of their customers. Yeah, that’s a surefire way to get some useful information, right there.
Here’s another reason to want to kick Senator Conroy in his manjunk – According to a report by Asher Moses in the SMH, he’s apparently decided to turn his already stupid compulsory web filter against gamers by blocking websites hosting or selling games that are rated above the maximum MA15+ for games in Australia.
