Australian government accused of sneaking in web filter

Given the Australian government has now excised <i>the entire freaking country</i> from the migration zone for asylum seekers, perhaps they should just excise <i>all</i> of the internet. Would be a darn sight quicker, cheaper and easier than having to filter it one IP address at a time.

The headline is a bit silly. People tried to help the cops stop a thief, but stuffed up and inconvenienced bystanders. Those people happened to work for ISPs. So what?<p>The real problem is the second order one: Australian cops are so bad at prosecuting fraud that they resort to blocking websites instead of arresting the people running them. A few websites going down is the least of the consequences.

The little known law they quote is actually very well known if you are an ISP / carrier. But the law is not a legal mandatory filter requirement - just a requirement that you "reasonably provide assistance when asked" It just happened that most of the ISP's when asked in this case decided to comply, but importantly not all complied.