Nigel Williams from childnet intl on ABC Media Report

George Michaelson (ggm@connect.com.au)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 08:50:39 +1000 (EST)

Suave sounding but the same old regulatory nightmare. Vague support
for content classification, no attempt to address cultural differences
or real recognition of the nexus between classification, self-regulation
and content control.

Very disappointing. I found the rejection of the 'old' Net for a new
reality of commercial providers/content and mass market chilling. Also
the supposition that this kind of glib feel-good view of what we want
can be achieved without censorious outcomes.

Yet again a reference to 'what the ABA are doing' So for the ABA members
who are here,

What *are* you doing to prove a non-censorship oriented,
multi-cultural content classification scheme can work?

-George