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Govt push for mandatory internet filtering

Source: 7.30 Report
Published: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:51 AEDT
Expires: Sunday, February 22, 2009 4:51 AEDT

The Rudd Government is battling to implement its promise to make the internet more family friendly. The push for mandatory filtering of the internet is motivated by a quest to block child pornography, but the internet industry argues that the move will slow the internet service to a crawl.

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Tags: internet, australia

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