Comments on: Why government internet filtering won’t work

By: dermot McGuire

dermot McGuire — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Mr Wilson the middle ground is with mums and dads not filters at Government level.

By: Stephen WIlson

Stephen WIlson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I’m a security expert, I know filtering per se is impossible, but why ridicule and pillory any and all attempts to do something about access to extreme material on the Net? Is there no middle ground? Stephen Wilson, Lockstep Consulting.

By: dermot mcguire

dermot mcguire — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

solutions you sell perhaps?

By: Stephen Wilson

Stephen Wilson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

As I said, I know filters don’t work. But is there no room in the debate for other technical solutions? Parents don’t know what’s up. Even if they did, education & surveillance are not enough. We don’t rely on education alone for e.g. car safety!

By: jk

jk — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

The NSW Department of Education has banned access through its servers to YouTube and many other sites. So kids lose access to the valuable resources posted there and also are prevented from learning how to browse wisely.