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Porn filters free from July

Content filtering software -- from five vendors -- is set to become freely available from July as part of the government's program to combat offensive online content.

Aussie taxpayers to fund porn filtering

The federal government will spend AU$116.6 million in taxpayer money to provide all Australian families with free Internet pornography blocking software.

ISP level porn filtering won't work, says Coonan

New restrictions for adult content on converged devices like 3G phones will soon be introduced to parliament, but filtering at the Internet Service Provider (ISP) level won't work, according to Communications minister Helen Coonan.

Is NetAlert looking out for kids or looking for votes?

commentary Time for a quick poll. Hands up if you've downloaded one of these NetAlert family-friendly Internet filters the federal government has been spruiking.

Government 'Big Mother' monitors kids Web usage

A new government program protecting kids from Internet nasties is not Big Brother but more like Big Mother, Olympic swimmer Kieren Perkins said.

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