The Censorware ProjectExposing the secrets of censorware since 1997Australia Rejects Mandatory Censorware- December 4, 2004 Australia has rejected mandatory use of censorware in an effort to stop child pornography. Sayeth Communications Minister Helen Coonan: "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.http://censorware.net/article.pl?sid=04/12/04/0735213&from=rss MSN Spaces and its Silly Word-Blocking- December 3, 2004 BoingBoing has a story today on how Microsoft's new blogging tool, MSN Spaces, does word-based blocking of your blog entries. Sad and funny. I saw two stories in the blogosphere today on MSN Spaces -- one a video demo of how to post to it, which I yawned past, and this censorship story, which I'm, well, blogging myself.Read more of this story at The Censorware Project.http://censorware.net/article.pl?sid=04/12/03/1351223&from=rss |