Clean Feed In Australia

(H-Ref 1).



Well I can see both the positives and negatives in implementing Clean Feed. The internet when put into perspective is quiet a dangerous place, with numerous chat rooms that leave young men and women open to sexual predators. The availability of material such as how to commit suicide, not to mention the circulation of inappropriate photos of the young and the adult. I can see the need for Clean Feed and it would be great to see everything illegal wiped off of the internet, but at the same time wiping that which is legal off as well is not necessary.

With this in mind an important point has been made.....what age will we make the internet appropriate for? (H-Ref 2). How can you possibly make the internet suitable for everyone?

Another big issue is that $44 million dollars has been budgeted for this initiative (H-Ref 3). Like I said the internet is a dangerous place, but so is the world and you can't clean feed that. I read in S. Stockwells lecture that once something has been created on the internet (although it can be deleted) it still has some form of existence, so that in itself makes me question how accurate this clean feed could be.

Yet another issues is that 10 000 sites in every million will be incorrectly blocked, if it can't been done accurately then why do it at all? (H-Ref 4). These sites could be vital to businesses or even education.

With these points in mind the idea of an accurate clean feed seems impracticle. In theory it seems like a great idea, but what are the chances of the Government pulling this off? I suppose that is the ultimate question. If it could be carried out so that it would cut out all sites that are purely illegal than I would support it.

However, the chances of this happening in my opinion are slim. It has also been stated that the internet may not be able to manage this sort of system (H-Ref 5). So, it seems that whilst this is a good idea in theory practicality needs to come first. Therefore I think that Clean Feed should not go ahead unless in some case of a miracle it could be carried out without complications and world wide anger....I don't think that will happen.

References:

H-Ref 1: acidlabs
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/3023435191_1f32d77c75.jpg
H-Ref 2, 3, 4, 5: Andrew Harrison
http://nocleanfeed.com/learn.html
Accessed Monday October 5, 2009.