EFA alarmed at “creeping” clean feed

"Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today expressed alarm at the news that the Government’s 'Clean Feed' Internet censorship plan will not allow Australian adults to opt-out.

"The filter, which will be mandatory for all Australians, was initially touted as a 'cyber-safety' measure for homes with children. However, recent comments by experts have revealed the existence of a second, secret black list, that would apply even to homes that managed to opt out of the child-safe filtering scheme.

"'The news for Australian Internet users just keeps getting worse,' said EFA spokesperson Colin Jacobs. 'We have legitimate concerns with the creeping scope of this unprecedented interference in our communications infrastructure. It's starting to look like nothing less than a comprehensive program of real-time Internet censorship.'

"The scheme seems at odds with the Government’s campaign promise to improve the speed and availability of Australian Broadband. The Government’s own research has showed that filtering lowers speeds by 30% or more even under ideal testing conditions. The same data raises serious questions about the accuracy of filters, with even the best performers over-blocking hundreds of thousands of innocuous web sites ..."
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