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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Coonan's PC porn filter six months late

    Australians are not likely to get government-provided free online content filters for their PCs until June this year at the earliest, some six months after initially stipulated.

  • No porn filter can stop porn entirely: Govt

    Following the news a teenage boy has cracked the government's filtering software in half an hour, the Communications Minister has warned parents to be vigilant about their children's exploits online whether they use filters or not.

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