28 May 2006

Porn censorship in Tasmania

This is sort of funny.

Tasmania is trying to censor the internet for the likes of child pornography and other harmful content. The system is almost foolproof (so much so that even the Chinese government is impressed). But then:

Other industry experts have already pointed out that Australians of Asian descent with such common names as Bum or Suk might be unable to do online financial transactions that require them to confirm for example, their given names on a credit card.

For the record, my name is Chen.

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