Aussie internet porn crusade

[cj]

Originally Posted by Hammer

I think the reason no one is pushing for putting the burden on kid approved sites is because there are far more companies (not necessarily websites) that have websites that are appropriate for kids and they would all need to register a .kids tld. So, instead, it makes a lot more sense for them to push to have the scumbag pornographers go to all the trouble, rather than the nice law abiding and decent companies. Also, if you're going to require someone to do something, do you require the decent law abiding companies to comply with something like moving their sites to a .kids tld, or do you force the scumbags to move to .xxx?

I still think filters are the easiest way to do it and have no problem tagging my sites so the filters work. The issue is making sure parents know about the filters and do something to force the deadbeats to use them. We're always talking about putting the burden on the parents and this is one way to do it.

This is the interesting part ... don't offline businesses already have to meet many approvals before they can service children? A child care centre can't just pop up, neither can a theme park or a video can't be released without a classification. Saying we can clean up the porn and move it to another location only solves keeping kids away from porn, not all the other crap online. There are other things that concern me far more where kids and the internet are concerned than porn, so why not leave all of the 'objectionable' material where it is and create a safe zone ...


Its not about who should have to pay for it or whose responsibility it is or who has to move, at the end of the day the only issue that needs to be resolved is the safety of children and by gathering them together we can protect them properly from MOST of the shit that's online.

I'm taking it to oprah!! LOL