5thGeneration said:
P.S. I am SHOCKED that more people on JWD don't agree with me.
I am too.
Australian Government Porn Filter To Slow Down the Internet
by What-A-Coincidence 55 Replies latest jw friends
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yesidid
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brinjen
I just went to the NetSafe site and downloaded the filtering software (they've had it availible for free for a while now) and tried it out for myself. I googled the word "sex". No surprises there, it blocked me. Then I thought what happens if you change the spelling slightly? So I googled "s ex", web filter FAILED. Let me straight though and I was on a pornographic site like a hot knife cutting butter.
Now do you see where I'm coming from?
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brinjen
An internet instructor many years ago suggested one compromise that had been floated. Give the porn people their own suffice. That is, in addition to *.com or *.org, have a *.xxx.
I do think that would be the best solution.
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llbh
Hi Brinjen,
Me thinks you were misunderstood here, far from advocating that people have unlimited access to porn sights, all you were saying was, how the hell can this done without unintended consequences? We need to teach our children how to behave everywhere on and off the net,
i agree the sicko's wiil always be able to hide their nefarious activities. they did before the www and will find ingenious ways if censored. The best way is to to be smart and teach how to be.
We socialized with a guy who unbeknown to us was a paedophile, he was very cunning, so i now very conscious that my children need to be aware and be able to share.
regards llbh
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brinjen
Thank you llbh.
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jgnat
I've used the higher security settings and had school sites blocked. This is because less sophisticated web pages don't identify themselves very well. I'm suspicious of filtering software. It nearly always gets it wrong.
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DaCheech
I have satellite TV.
I have all the receivers programmed not to show movies that are:porn, nc-17, and R with nudity.
if I (I mean my wife or I) want to see those, we just put in our password.
MY children will not be exposed to these, unless I'm watching it when they come in the room,
the same applies to internet, there is plenty of software that people can install to keep their children safe.
if you have children, be responsible................ don't blame "this world"
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sammielee24
I'm not certain where all this is leading but I go back to my original question - who decides what is not only porn, but violent and objectionable mateiral? Everyone keeps focusing on the word porn but we all have a pretty clear indea in our heads of what defines that - but who gets to decide what I consider violent or objectionable material for my kids? If I opt out of family friendly because I find the parameters too rigid - then I'm in effect saying that I want the porn sites too? That's a pretty wide margin I'd say.
As far as pervs go - a porn popup is not the same thing as a predator sneaking in and talking to your kid on my space or face book or any other chat/friends site. You can filter the porn out all you want but if its the pervs you are worried about, your only defense is to educate your kids and monitor your kids strictly. This can be done any number of ways from programs that key stroke to reading their history of sites, to staying in the same room with them so you can see what they are into. Popups for pornsites should be made illegal with criminal charges applied to those companies or sites not in compliance.
The idea that a person is somehow wishing harm to a child because they don't agree with this form of censorshp is insulting because many people want shared responsibility for child safety but the ability for them and their families to use their tools of communication without extreme censorship. It isn't just porn - as I said, the article mentions violence/inappropriate materials - and I'd want to know who is deciding what my kids are and are not allowed to look at.
Last check on the number of sex offenders via the offender websit showed over 200 registered sex offenders within a 30 mile radius - that's a concern. If one porn photo reaches my kid via his/her computer I can explain it to them and be even more diligent in my monitoring - if my kid is the victim of assault by one of 200 living in the area - it's moved from being just a picture that I can explain to a life altering event. Everything needs to be kept in perspective. sammieswife.
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DaCheech
in the us theyre tryin to pass a law where sex offenders cannot used the internet, unless they register with authorities on the "why and what theyre doing on the internet".
if they get the permission, then they can be prosecuted for going outside the bounds of their request.
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sammielee24
in the us theyre tryin to pass a law where sex offenders cannot used the internet, unless they register with authorities on the "why and what theyre doing on the internet".
if they get the permission, then they can be prosecuted for going outside the bounds of their request.
Tha'ts too funny! They already have a problem with offenders not registering when they move - a big, big problem. This would be virtually impossible to track - if they can't keep track of a few million people already within the country, wether legal or illegal, this would just be another loose bandage on a festering wound that they hope would make people feel safer without any real basis to it. Now - if they talked about a tatoo to the forehead or something that would make the convicted sex offender readily identifiable, that would be another thing but trying to force them to stop using the internet? ....it will be interesting to see how that plan plays out. sammieswife.