Comments on: Aussie Minister: “I Never Wanted to Filter P2P”

By: Australian Net Filter Dead?

Australian Net Filter Dead? — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:56:23 +0000

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By: bazil

bazil — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:24:32 +0000

“I cannot for the life of me find a statement from him anywhere that he wanted to include P2P or BitTorrent in the ISP filtering scheme??”

Quite clearly P2P filtering was considered a possibility by Conroy. Why else did he want to test it? For fun?

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:49:57 +0000

Rodd : Ludlam is in the right on this.

Conroy and any supporters are just plain ignorant wowsers keen on forcing their view on everyone.

if you don’t think so you are already lost with the flock

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:51:25 +0000

“The Government understands that ISP-level filtering is not a ’silver bullet’. We have always viewed ISP-level filtering as one part of a broader government initiative for protecting our children online.

Technology is improving all the time. Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live pilot trial.”

Stephen Conroy

http://www.archive.dbcde.gov.au/2009/july/future_directions_blog/topics/civil_and_confident_society_online/internet_filtering_wont_stop_peer_to_peer_and_bittorrent_traffic_so_why_bother

By: Rodd

Rodd — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:17:50 +0000

OK, I have searched extensively, and apart from some comments from Conroy that he wanted to test P2P and BitTorrent technologies, I cannot for the life of me find a statement from him anywhere that he wanted to include P2P or BitTorrent in the ISP filtering scheme??

Nowhere…

So what’s with the claim on this, and the questions? Ludlam just seems to be playing politics and spreading the red herrings around.

Show me the statement from Conroy that he is planning to filter P2P, not just test it…

No assumptions please, no putting words in his mouth…