Bollocks bollocks bollocks
Jun. 21st, 2006 07:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stellar_muddleYou expect a bit of bias and spin on a Government website (Australian Government Netalert Ltd: Introduction to the internet). Official line, that sort of thing. I wasn't however aware that they were pushing Microsoft products for them.
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Bollocks bollocks bollocks and ooh look, I have probably set of all sorts of language alarm bells on whatever 'net filters people have or have to put up with. I was, after all, looking up this after seeing the new Aussie policy on the subject (via BoingBoing and the ABC News article on the subject).
It is rather scary.
Take a look at the comparison tables for the programs they recommend. Of the 7 programs reviewed, they all block "Sexually Explicit", "Adult Subjects", "Violence", and "Weaponry". More than half block "sex education". It is very unclear how much control there is over the black lists which all appear to use. It is also unclear which the Government intends to distribute free and "encourage" all libraries to use.
Teach your children common sense. There is a very large universe out there and it wont help them for you to cover their eyes and ears and go lalalalalalala in their ears. Besides, it is not exactly as though they wont find other ways of getting the information. Books and their local library, say.
All bloody nanny state and cotton wool.
Edit: And according to the ABC News report, the only objections from the opposition and family groups is that it doesn't go far enough.
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* Web Browsers - are used to explore the World Wide Web. Internet Explorer is the most popular web browser and is installed free with modern computers.
* Email Readers - are used to create, send and receive email across the Internet. A popular email program that comes with modern computers is Outlook Express.
Bollocks bollocks bollocks and ooh look, I have probably set of all sorts of language alarm bells on whatever 'net filters people have or have to put up with. I was, after all, looking up this after seeing the new Aussie policy on the subject (via BoingBoing and the ABC News article on the subject).
It is rather scary.
Take a look at the comparison tables for the programs they recommend. Of the 7 programs reviewed, they all block "Sexually Explicit", "Adult Subjects", "Violence", and "Weaponry". More than half block "sex education". It is very unclear how much control there is over the black lists which all appear to use. It is also unclear which the Government intends to distribute free and "encourage" all libraries to use.
Teach your children common sense. There is a very large universe out there and it wont help them for you to cover their eyes and ears and go lalalalalalala in their ears. Besides, it is not exactly as though they wont find other ways of getting the information. Books and their local library, say.
All bloody nanny state and cotton wool.
Edit: And according to the ABC News report, the only objections from the opposition and family groups is that it doesn't go far enough.
