I Say It’s About Time

As the father of four and a long time netizen I applaud the move by Australia’s Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy to require all internet service providers to provide clean feeds, or ISP filtering, to houses and schools that are free of pornography and inappropriate material. It’s high time government stepped in and eliminate some of the crud that is ruining the internet for so many families.

The argument that it’s an invasion of privacy or that it violates free speech just doesn’t make sense. It’s no different then having zoning laws to prevent strip clubs (not even close to the horrors found online) from opening up in just any neighborhood. As for the fear of giving them an inch and forfeiting a mile I just don’t share that fear.

The internet has brought with it a lot of foul content that any parent would fight hard to keep away from their children, and rightfully so. In fact, a lot of parents don’t have connectivity at their homes to eliminate the problem altogether when it comes to their homestead. The culprits in this battle are the disgusting, twisted, soulless, people who make it their mission to inflict emotional pain on others through their content and not those in government who want to bring the best the net has to offer and attempt to leave out the worst.

For more: Conroy announces mandatory internet filters to protect children