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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'>Dear Rik and colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'>This result is the result of sustained
advocacy by the Australian Library and Information Association, Electronic
Frontiers Australia and others coupled with valuable research reports on
Internet filtering produced by our national research organisation, CSIRO.
Despite strong lobbying and political leverage in the Senate by Senator Brian
Harradine and others, the Federal Government has supported a complaints based
scheme for handling offensive content and an educational scheme centred around
NetAlert.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:blue'>In the face of considerable community
concern about child pornography and pedophilia, beaten up by the ‘tabloid’
media, this is a satisfactory result if not as liberal as many of us would
prefer. Few “take down” notices have been issued under the
regulatory scheme and the threat of mandatory filtering has been avoided
although it is still imposed in some schools. The focus of the legislation is
on protecting minors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Rik Panganiban<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 3 December 2004 6:35
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> plenary@wsis-cs.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WSIS CS-Plenary] <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> opts
for education vs filtering of child pornography</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Interesting article from News.com.au on the Australian government's decision
to <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>not</span></b> adopt filtering
technologies to keep out child pornography, instead opting for public and
parent education on the dangers of the internet: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11555864%255E15306,00.html
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Interesting implications for internet governance and content
restrictions / censorship issues. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Rik Panganiban <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>================================ <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>December 1, 2004 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>THE Federal Government had rejected
mandatory filtering of the internet to stop child pornography, Parliament was
told today.</span></font></b><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Communications Minister Helen Coonan said the government
had recently reviewed ways of preventing child pornography, including a
British-style national internet filtering system but rejected it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Coonan said the study had found such a filter
would cost around $45 million a year initially and $33 million a year in later
years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>She said it also had the potential to choke the internet
and drive up costs for consumers and small business. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>"The biggest issue is not so much the money but such
an expensive scheme would not necessarily solve the problem and small to medium
ISPs (internet service providers) would be driven out of business for little or
no benefit," Senator Coonan said. "What does work is greater
information and parental supervision and that is the kind of program that the
government is promoting." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The government has provided $30 million to educate parents
about the perils of the internet and ISPs are required to provide cost-price
filtering software to subscribers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Senator Coonan's comments were triggered by a question
from Independent senator Brian Harradine. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>"Why won't the government at least for the start
prevent child porn being transmitted into <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> either through the
internet and ISPs or via satellite?" Senator Harradine said. "Why
won't the government take that action since we've got laws against child
porn?" <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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