Censorship ==> Conroy Not Brave Enough to Stand Behind His Policy
Posted: 25-02-2010 15:45, By: admin
I was browsing Whirlpool this afternoon and I came across a post that had noted some shenanigans in the source code on the Stephen Conroy’s section of the DBCDE website.
On the right hand side of the above URL there is a section that ranks the most popular topics searched for on the website. Similar to this feature on other websites the most searched for terms appear in larger font while the lesser searched terms appear smaller.
If you view the source on the webpage there is a Javascript code segment which looks like this:
This code segment indicates that the term “ISP Filtering” is not to appear as one of the most popular search topics and one needs to ask why. There is absolutely no doubt that the term “ISP Filtering” would be searched for often on the DBCDE by those attempting to seek more clarification on the issue of Internet censorship, is the Minister really that concerned about informing the public about the issue. Maybe if the public actually looked beyond the child porn/bestiality/terrorism Conroy spouts as justification of this censorship and they actually figure out what Refused Classification material is, he would find next to no supporters. It appears as if Conroy is attempting to make the issue seam less important than it really is.
Well as we know the Internet never forgets and all the lies Conroy has spouted over his term as Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy will catch up with him eventually. A higher resolution of the source can be found here.
Posted: 25-02-2010 15:45, By: admin
I was browsing Whirlpool this afternoon and I came across a post that had noted some shenanigans in the source code on the Stephen Conroy’s section of the DBCDE website.
On the right hand side of the above URL there is a section that ranks the most popular topics searched for on the website. Similar to this feature on other websites the most searched for terms appear in larger font while the lesser searched terms appear smaller.
If you view the source on the webpage there is a Javascript code segment which looks like this:
This code segment indicates that the term “ISP Filtering” is not to appear as one of the most popular search topics and one needs to ask why. There is absolutely no doubt that the term “ISP Filtering” would be searched for often on the DBCDE by those attempting to seek more clarification on the issue of Internet censorship, is the Minister really that concerned about informing the public about the issue. Maybe if the public actually looked beyond the child porn/bestiality/terrorism Conroy spouts as justification of this censorship and they actually figure out what Refused Classification material is, he would find next to no supporters. It appears as if Conroy is attempting to make the issue seam less important than it really is.
Well as we know the Internet never forgets and all the lies Conroy has spouted over his term as Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy will catch up with him eventually. A higher resolution of the source can be found here.
Comments
By: Anonymous On: 2010-03-01 17:08:02
It's not in a comment, you're an idiot.
By: admin On: 2010-02-25 22:41:26
"If you look closely, it appears to be test code inside a comment.... not that I wouldn't put it past them to actually use something like that."
I mirrored the source code http://puregeekdom.com/pdfs/dbcde-mirror.txt if you want to check it out. The section about removing "ISP Filtering" is not inside /*comments*/ or //comments
By: Anonymous On: 2010-02-25 22:33:54
Hmm, this could actually be javascript that is contructed server-side on the fly and piped to the client page. Still, makes you wonder....
By: Anonymous On: 2010-02-25 22:23:16
If you look closely, it appears to be test code inside a comment.... not that I wouldn't put it past them to actually use something like that.
By: Anonymous On: 2010-02-25 18:41:07
I've sent a copy of this link to the Australian Sex Party.
Whats hilarious is that Conroy has posted yet another press release about how the tests for the internet filter were successful, and once again seems to emphasise that Australian's hate it, but it works. So despite the fact Australian's don't want it, his making it clear its not up for debate, and will implement it anyway.
By: Anonymous On: 2010-02-25 17:30:57
If you look at the source - ISP Filtering is listed quite a few times in the list of values the cloud is built from. Censoring his own site - shame shame shame...
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Anonymous: It's not in a comment, you're an idiot.
admin: "If you look closely, it appears to be test code inside a comment.... not that I wouldn't put it past them to actually use something like that." I mirrored the source code http://puregeekdom.com/pdfs/dbcde-mirror.txt if you want to check it out. The section about removing "ISP Filtering" is not inside /*comments*/ or //comments
Anonymous: Hmm, this could actually be javascript that is contructed server-side on the fly and piped to the client page. Still, makes you wonder....