,,,,about Internet Demographics -for those upbeat megalomaniac
modelling geniouses,,, how would nationwide proxys affect the time
spent on the Internet distribution????
<>A few weeks ago I wrote about the .SEX solution. The .SEX solution, for
>those that did not read it, would give porn sites their own extension,
>like a .COM, except in this case it would be .SEX. The idea was to place
>the sites in one spot so that parents can more easily block the sites
>then the current method, which is hope that you child doesn't find a
>porn site when looking for information on the book "Little Women".
>Australia, however, has their own "solution". Recently, the Australian
>Senate voted to ban porn sites from all servers located in Australia.
>The idea is to protect kids from seeing the porn by removing it altogether.
>They are not the first nation to do this. China and Iran, among others,
>have done this as well.
>This law does not stop there. The Australian Broadcasting Authority has
>been given the authority to block access to overseas sites that show
>questionable material.
>Is the next step a nation-wide proxy? Before you think I am being silly
>or taking things to their extreme, consider that China already has one
>in place. This is a possibility.
>Another question is, where does this stop? Australia is merely the
>latest to pass such a law. The United States is always looking at ways
>to stop porn and, lately, gambling, on the Web.
>All of these laws are meaningless unless a national proxy is put in
>place. The United States, after all, can not shut down a porn site in
>Germany just because someone in the United States is viewing it. The
>same applies in Australia. Each nation will have to set up a proxy.
>It is the next logical step.
>This will take the World Wide right out of the Web if this should
>happen. Who knows what standards will apply under each new law in each
>nation? What will happen to the true global community that has been
>created on the World Wide Web?
>Rather then trying to come up with a real solution, it seems that
>various governments around the world are trying to take the easy way
>out, censorship.<> |
