[plug] Censorship and linux

[Michael Hunt]

> Leon Brooks wrote:
> >
> > Oliver White wrote:
> > > Matt Kemner wrote:
> > >> Meanwhile I'm wondering when the cops are going to walk into
> a random ISP
> > >> and walk off with their news server and/or proxy server and
> charge the
> > >> owners for possession of child porn images, which I'm
> certain there are
> > >> several of on all news & proxy servers.
> >
> > > Ok, interesting point here... Don't blame the messenger!! One solution
> > > to the problem is to invest in the development of Free (speach not
> > > beer... oh the irony ;-) end-user filters.
> >
> > Not. (1) how do you filter image content? (1a) without filtering out
> > Queensland's favourite beer? (2) the image still hits the ISP proxy
> > before the user's filter even gets to see it.
>
> All I'm saying is that a Free filter system would be better than the
> propriatary systems like Net Nanny. At the least, without commercial
> motivations, you would be unlikely to see site censorship based simply
> on comments about the product itself.
>
> A free system would also be more configurable, allowing more specific
> targeting of subjects.

But for any of this to happen you need to change the law which is basically
that the ISP has to filter this content. An all-round unworkable solution
for the very reasons above.