The current discussion concerning the Mandatory ISP Level Filtering proposal in Australia is slated as being undertaken on an 'evidence based approach'. Therefore, using an Action Research approach, I aim to determine the problem that people believe this will solve and the best approaches to combat mis-information about the proposal.

There is no coherently stated policy for the implementation of a mandatory filtered feed of World Wide Web pages.

1. Protecting children from viewing unsavoury material
• Everyone has the right to define their own morals
• Everyone has the right to different morals
• No one has the right to enforce their morals on others
2. Restricting access to illegal material
• Illegal materials are illegal
• Legality is subject to change
• Different jurisdictions
• Defining knowledge as illegal
3. Censorship
• Restricting access to knowledge
• Protecting people from knowledge that may harm them (subjective)
• Political speech
4. Other Protocols
• What Internet protocols are able to be filtered?
• How many protocols are there currently?
• What about new forms of communication?
5. Cost
• Who pays?
• How much?
• Maintaining currency of information?
• Opportunity costs?
6. Form of implementation
• Individual or ISP
• Opt in or Opt out
• A layered approach (aka mandatory + opt in layer)
• By protocol
• Illegal or unsavoury

1. Children
• Definition of Children
• Age related content?
• Too much knowledge at too young an age?
2. Youth
• Definition of Youth
• Learning potential of networks
• Learning about boundaries
3. Young Adults
• Definition of Young Adults
• Independence?
• Learning to choose
4. Educators
• Access to information
• Access to sources of relevant knowledge
• Age appropriate lessons
• Technical skills to maintain computer
• Shifts in knowledge formation processes
5. Electorate
• Adults >18 years
• Infantalisation - taking away rights
• Free speech
• Diversity
• Choice (infinite - simpler choices come with censorship)
6. Vendors
• Vested interest in seeing more use of filters
• Filter led recovery?
• Fanning moral panic
• Obfuscating problems
7. Policy makers
• Succumbing to Moral panic
• Vested interest in maintaining position
• Paternalistic - we know what's best
• Respond to vocal groups (Lobby groups)

1. Freedom of Speech
2. Morality
3. Election strategies
4. Cashing in (Vendors)
5. Fear mongering
6. Doing the right thing (see above)

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