Australian Government On Their Internet Filters: We Failed - SendMeRSS
Posted by elveston priory at 6:06 pm
Mike at Techdirt reports that the Australian government has officially declared their internet filtering program, which they started about a year ago as an attempt to protect kids from pornography, a complete failure. Only 144,000 copies of the software were downloaded or ordered on CD-ROM with only about 29,000 actually being used. On top of that, kids were able to hack them anyway.
This wouldn’t be so bad if the Australian government hadn’t spent 85 million dollars on this program (it is a central part of a larger initiative that cost, all in all, 189 million dollars); quite a nice amount to throw away for something that anyone who has a clue would have declared a failure right from the beginning.
Let it be known, once and for all: if a smart, computer-savvy 16 year old wants porn, no technical barrier will be able to stop him. This is a natural law, similar to the laws of gravity or thermodynamics.
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User comment: By: claydaniThis reminds me of the futile efforts by the RIAA to go after torrents and p2p networks. If people have the will to get stuff on the net, then they will find a way.
Visit here to subscribe to these commentsUser comment: By: Akash XavierWhere ever you guys got that sandclock image from thats a wonderful image. "Let it be known, once and for all: if a smart, computer-savvy 16 year old wants porn, no technical barrier will be able to stop him. This is a natural law, similar to the laws of gravity or thermodynamics." Thats a perfect statement. Like Newton's 3rd law of action and reaction. It's sad that that much of money has been wasted. It's actually the parents' responsibility to take care of their kids.