Comment Due consideration (Score 1) 272
Dear Honourable Member,
I would like you to consider the following arguments against internet
censorship:
Forcing ISP's to comply with this legislation would be onerous and unreliable.
It is almost certain that there will be a contingent of rogue ISP's with a "free speech" agenda who will test this legislation. Detection will be difficult. Prosecution will be harder, mainly due to technical and legal ambiguities.
ISPs are opinion leaders within their educated and vocal user community. They currently oppose your initiatives, and the political consequences of their enmity should be considered.
Software-driven control of viewed material at the recipient end is cheap and reliable. It will be implemented by internet subscribers who are
genuinely concerned, whether or not there are censorship laws.
Implementing this legislation takes valuable technical resources away from other government initiatives e.g. controlling and taxing global e-commerce.
I beg you to abandon or shelve this legislation.
Yours respectfully,
the undersigned