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Traditional Means of Content Control
• Government regulation through: licensing systems, program scheduling and statutory complaints mechanism
• Single institutional approach (monopoly)
• Sector-specific rules
• Media ownership rules (diversity/pluralism)
Paradigm Shift: Digital Regulatory Mechanism
• Self regulation through: codes of conduct, green/red listing and hotlines
• Plural/competing approaches
• Content/convey distinction
• Access and bottleneck regulation
Self-Regulator Mechanisms
• Codes of conduct- awareness
• Rating and filtering- volume of content - objectivity and plurality
• Zoning- underinclusive/overrestrictive- property rights and access
• Hotlines - transparency -expertise - public/private ownership
Things that the filter aims to block:
• Child abuse
• Bestiality
• Instructions on euthanasia
• Sexual fetishes
Who decides?
• Australian Communication Media Authority
• ACMA creates a blacklist following the same criteria it uses to ban books, magazines and films
• The blacklist is kept private and only those on the judging panel know a trial is taking place
Other Problems with the Filter:
• Slows down connection speed to highly-trafficked sites (such as Youtube)
• Easy to bypass – proxy servers and anonymous private networks
And...
• Additional filters would be needed to completely stop children from accessing porn sites
• Not to mention the $$$
Great Firewall of China (Hungry Beast)
Linkage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1hKBZsY27w&feature=related