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How is this working out for Australia? I understand a blacklist/firewall was put in the place there?

• zhwang 15y ago
  Not yet, in fact I haven't heard much on the subject for a while now. Currently, a few of our major ISPs have agreed to a voluntary Interpol blacklist, but that's about it currently. And it seems to be working for its designated purpose well. http://delimiter.com.au/2011/10/19/telstras-filter-has-blocked-84000-requests/ http://delimiter.com.au/2011/10/19/telstras-filter-has-block...
• brc 15y ago
  No, it died just before the last election in August 2010. Officially it's 'on hold', but practically, it is dead. How? A lot of pressure put on a lot of politicians in the run-up to the last federal election, which promised to be very close (and was actually one of the closest in history). You obviously have to pressure whomever holds the majority, but you've got to let the other side know about it as well. So Australia is filter-free for the foreseeable future - it's become a 'dead issue' that politicians aren't willing to spend political capital on. US Folks should take this as a bright data point that these battles can be won, but it will take a lot of effort. Personally it's something that Tea Party and OWS types could get together on, because it sucks for everyone. That's what happened in Australia - they took heat from both 'sides' of politics and it got dumped (sorry, postponed)
  • ericd 15y ago
    That's great news! Do you have any nuts and bolts information on how this was organized? (Was there any formal opposition?) If so, that could be very useful here...