Australia’s Net Censorship Sparks Outrage

Another good example of how government is not generally the place to obtain the best answer to the pressing questions of today's society.

SitePoint - Australia’s Net Censorship Sparks Outrage: "Australia’s last try at censorship, the AU$84 million NetAlert program put forth by former PM John Howard, was cracked in a half hour by a 16-year-old Aussie named Tom Wood in August 2007. Upon hearing about Wood’s feat, the government added another layer of filtering to beef up the system — Wood got through the new filter in 10 minutes.