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Children, Coonan News

Teen hacker helps govt block porn

Downloads of the government's Internet filtering software have hit six figures, according to the Communications Minister — with the Coalition now turning to a schoolboy for help in improving the software.

Teen cracks AU$84 million porn filter in 30 minutes

A 16-year-old Melbourne schoolboy has taken just 30 minutes to crack the federal government's AU$84 million dollar Internet porn filter 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.

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.

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.

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