Hackers put Telstra in filter bind
Found on Australian IT on Friday, 24 June 2011
The voluntary internet filter for child abuse is facing a major setback, with Telstra wavering on the commitment it made to the scheme last July.
"One option being considered is the blocking of a list of illegal child sexual abuse sites identified as being the worst globally by international policing body Interpol."
It is understood Telstra was last night still grappling with the decision as to whether to commit to the voluntary filter because of fears of reprisals from the internet vigilantes behind a spate of recent cyber attacks.
It always starts with "would somebody please think of the children", but this is just am excuse to get the filters in place because if you oppose those filters, you favor child abuse. Politicians know this and use it, what turns abused children into nothing but a tool. Blocking is pointless anyway since it won't make it magically go away.