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I wonder if that Internet filter they've just added to their platform policy will be used to censor websites like that. My guess? Definitely. It may be why the

by devx 13y ago

I wonder if that Internet filter they've just added to their platform policy will be used to censor websites like that. My guess? Definitely. It may be why they even decided at the last minute to introduce that, to stop this sort of activism from happening at future elections.

nwh 13y ago
They've withdrawn that, claiming it was "poorly worded". It's apparently an opt-in filter now. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-05/no-internet-filter-says-turnbull/4939156 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-05/no-internet-filter-say... Though in reality we still have the AMCA filter, which has been used badly in the past.
- lessnonymous 13y ago
  I love that both Turnbull (who will be the internet minister) and Abbott (who will be prime minister) are both back pedalling saying they didn't have time to read it properly. IT'S THEIR FUCKING POLICY. https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/375555375090507776 https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/37555537509050777...
  - femto 13y ago
    Isn't that the idea of releasing policy so close to the election: not giving people time to read it properly?
    - toyg 13y ago
      No, it's just about having something you can point to when a pesky journalist is making too many questions: "oh, it's all in the manifesto|whitepaper, please look it up". Those docs are written by unpaid interns and forgotten a minute after ballot boxes close.
    - jacques_chester 13y ago
      ... it got read.
- derefr 13y ago
  If I recall, there was a blurb on it a few months ago--it's neither opt-in or opt-out, but forced-choice (you can't start using your connection until answer a form stating whether you want it filtered or not.) The party pushing it was just asking for it to be marketed as opt-out ("default yes"), since of the two radio buttons, the "yes" option would be the checked="checked" one.

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I wonder if that Internet filter they've just added to their platform policy will be used to censor websites like that. My guess? Definitely. It may be why the

by devx 13y ago

nwh 13y ago
They've withdrawn that, claiming it was "poorly worded". It's apparently an opt-in filter now. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-05/no-internet-filter-says-turnbull/4939156 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-05/no-internet-filter-say... Though in reality we still have the AMCA filter, which has been used badly in the past.
- lessnonymous 13y ago
  I love that both Turnbull (who will be the internet minister) and Abbott (who will be prime minister) are both back pedalling saying they didn't have time to read it properly. IT'S THEIR FUCKING POLICY. https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/375555375090507776 https://twitter.com/TurnbullMalcolm/status/37555537509050777...
  - femto 13y ago
    Isn't that the idea of releasing policy so close to the election: not giving people time to read it properly?
    - toyg 13y ago
      No, it's just about having something you can point to when a pesky journalist is making too many questions: "oh, it's all in the manifesto|whitepaper, please look it up". Those docs are written by unpaid interns and forgotten a minute after ballot boxes close.
    - jacques_chester 13y ago
      ... it got read.
- derefr 13y ago
  If I recall, there was a blurb on it a few months ago--it's neither opt-in or opt-out, but forced-choice (you can't start using your connection until answer a form stating whether you want it filtered or not.) The party pushing it was just asking for it to be marketed as opt-out ("default yes"), since of the two radio buttons, the "yes" option would be the checked="checked" one.