Worth a read over at The Age:

The Government’s plan to censor the internet is in tatters, with Australia’s largest ISP saying it will not take part in live trials of the system and the second largest committing only to a scaled-back trial.

I’m glad to hear of Telstra not being evil for once! If you don’t know what this post is about read more here.

I just signed a petition for a very worthy cause. I’ll quote the email they want me to send to everybody (but simply won’t - this is more effective):

Hi, Did you know the Government is proposing an internet censorship scheme that goes further than any other democracy in the world? I’ve just signed a petition to prevent the scheme that will make the internet up to 87% slower, more expensive, accidentally block up to one in 12 legitimate sites, will miss the vast majority of inappropriate content and is very easily sidestepped. The government of the day may add any ‘unwanted’ site to a secret blacklist under the scheme. Our Government should be doing all in its power to take Australia into the 21st century economy, and to protect our children. This proposed internet censorship does neither. Can you join me and take action on the net today to save the net?

Sign it here, and read my opinion here.