Week 9 - Tutorial Task

Questions:

1.  Sign an E-petition.  I signed an e-petition on this site.  http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/petitions/e-petition?PetNum=1760

2.  Respond to a professional Blogger.  http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/a-basic-pr-blunder-that-most-pr-professionals-make-constantly/index.php?success=1#comment-26748  (innovative comment I know)

4.  What are the Australian Governments plans to censor the internet?

The Australian Federal Government has announced that it will introduce "mandatory ISP-level filtering of Refused Classification (RC) rated content." What this means is that Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will now have to filter the Internet to block access to websites that would be "Refused Classification" under Australia's classification laws.
The filter will be based on blocking a list of between 1,000 and 10,000 web page addresses (“URLs”). That list is called a ‘blacklist’.
This list of URLs will be maintained by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, and will be added to by lists from overseas groups that make their own lists (such as the Internet Watch Foundation).
RC computer games will be left out from mandatory filtering until the end of a review on how computer games are classified.
The government has plans to give money to ISPs that want to volunteer to filter even more.
http://openinternet.com.au/learn_more/

 5.  I think censorship does have a place in democracy.  However, if in place, the censorship of certain extreme materials must be monitored strictly by a third party organisation completely without ties to the government and one that is governed by the people. 

6.  The NBN will really not have any benefit for my family that I can see.  We already have Cable internet with Telstra, one of the fastest in Australia.  We have no problems with our internet and no need to switch to the NBN.  

The NBN is scheduled to reach my area in the second release phase. http://www.nbnco.com.au/our-network/