The not so black and white reality of clean feeds

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 27 November, 2008 to the comment subset

Blacklists and internet clean feeds are not the way to protect Australian web users from “prohibited content”, says IBRS information security advisor, James Turner, on account of the sheer magnitude of work and resources required to maintain such lists:
“The problem with using blacklists is that you always have to go back to your supposedly omniscient [...]

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Guidance, in moderation, not internet censorship

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 17 November, 2008 to the comment subset

Interesting article by Aric Sigman, together with accompanying discussion, on the topic of internet filtering from a UK perspective.
This is the first time in our history that children have had the greatest preponderance of ideas, opinions, values and – most importantly – images delivered as a takeaway directly to their eyes and ears, without the [...]

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