US Study shuns Australian Internet Censorship Clean Feed

As study this week released by Derek E. Bambauer Brooklyn Law School  titled Filtering in Oz: Australia's Foray into Internet Censorship that condemns the idea and reveals it unworkable.

The study also had concerns of the Australian Government lack of clarity on what content will be filtered.

You can down load the study here http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1319466

 

Or for a brief overview Crikey.com has an article here http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20090109-Brooklyn-Law-School-study-highlights-net-censorship-problems.html

 

One scary though that I read in the study was and I quote.

Furthermore, Minister Conroy has suggested that
opponents of the filtering program support child pornography.164

Minister Conroy your country must be all pedophiles.   " You idiot !!!" In a tone to say think about what your doing here sir.

Bambauer, Derek E.,2008,Filtering in Oz: Australia's Foray into Internet Censorship(December 22, 2008). Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 125. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1319466