November 13, 2008 | Online

Internet battle heats up down under

The Australian government is facing mounting opposition to their plan to censor what Australians can access over the Internet. The plan is to force all ISPs to filter the content their customers are looking at, giving adults more  (but still restricted) freedom than kids.

Michael Malone, boss of iiNet, an Australian ISP with 700,000 customers, said his firm would be happy to take part in the initial trial ... allowing him .

Malone told the Sydney Morning Herald: "They're not listening to the experts, they're not listening to the industry, they're not listening to consumers, so perhaps some hard numbers will actually help.

"Every time a kid manages to get through this filter, we'll be publicising it and every time it blocks legitimate content, we'll be publicising it."

The trial is due to start on Christmas Eve. Since when did the Grinch become Australia's Prime Minister?