Australia Scales Back Internet Blacklist, Nixes Full-Scale Censorship 51
littlekorea writes "The Australian Government has officially abandoned plans to legislate a mandatory internet filter. The news ends a four-year campaign by the ruling party to implement legislation that would have compelled ISPs to block a list of URLs dictated by Australia's telecommunications regulator, the ACMA. ISPs have instead been told to block a list of known child pornography sites maintained by INTERPOL."
Also at ZDnet.
Re:Just block? (Score:5, Informative)