10,000 websites to be blocked by government filter

AUSTRALIA'S mandatory internet filter will block 10,000 websites as part of a blacklist of unspecified "unwanted content".

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy revealed that the filter was being primed to block the sites in Federal Parliament.

The 10,000 blacklisted websites would be blocked in addition to 1300 websites identified by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Senator Conroy revealed details of the Rudd Government's proposed web filter as he called for expressions of interest from internet service providers for a live trial of the technology.



As part of the trial, ISPs will test different methods of filtering the web with subscribers who volunteer. The trial is expected to last six weeks and will start before Christmas.

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The ripples that began with the internet will have second-round impacts we can only begin to imagine, according to Digital Disruptions, a report from CSC's Leading Edge Forum.

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The Government is asking all ISPs to participate, as their feedback is important.

Child protection group Child Wise welcomed the news, but a technical group has dubbed the venture a risky business for ISPs.

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