Comments on: Was An ACMA Blacklist Leaked?

By: techydude

techydude — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:34:59 +0000

even now there’s still alot of smoke being blown. that ABC QnA episode last week was largely a waste of time, of the few sensible well-expressed questions asked, few answers really addressed key issues.

& if this topic attracted so much interested, why was only half the show dedicated to it, unlike so many other QnA episodes?!?

btw Ben, i’ve been listening to TechWired for several months now, and am amazed at the quality of ‘output’ from your good 18yo self. well done mate, definitely one to keep reading/listning!

By: Chimbles

Chimbles — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:44:00 +0000

I wonder if there is a list compiled by USA government… are we being kept in the dark? Because that would be quite funny since people are complaining about China censoring their internet.

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By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:03:19 +0000

I’m without my glasses because the afternoon sidelight streaming in through the windows was causing reflections and the cameraman couldn’t find an angle where they weren’t distracting.

I should mention that you can’t tell by looking at a URL whether it should or shouldn’t be on the list, only by looking at the content it references. A URL can be anything.

ACMA pushes out a blacklist update to the filter-makers (almost) every week. When asked in Senate Estimates about clearing out old entries they were a bit vague, but I was left with the distinct impression that it happens only infrequently.

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:58:29 +0000

Hey it’s Stil without his glasses.

It is an interesting situation though. It is a list with Australian content. It has sites listed on it that should not be there ie dentists and website design company. Do these lists get revised? Is there a system in place a method/process of requesting acma to review a list if you suspect your site might be on it?

Now as for blocking stuff that we don’t yet know about …positively Orwellian